Welcome back everyone. I hope you feel rejuvenated after learning about treating yourself last week, and I also wish you strive to continue the idea of treating yourself in a healthy way to maintain the mindset we need to keep going.

In a similar conversation of completing tasks to be able to keep going, this week’s topic is difficult but very much so necessary.

If you are anything like me, the idea of letting go sounds impossible. Simply letting things like a shirt I like but it doesn’t fit anymore is hard, all the way to having to let go of a loved one due to the course of life. There are many actions that we, as human beings, can classify as letting go, but does this idea or feeling always have to be negative.

Much like a lantern, there can be beauty in letting something go both metaphorically and literally. When we find the ability in ourselves to move on, we allow our minds to think outside of the box that we have trapped ourselves in, which allows a whole new perspective to be revealed. We also discover a literal eye opening moment because no longer do we trap ourselves in fear or emotion, but we become more raw with the idea of being in our own existence.

For example, similar to myself, I am sure that this is the first time many of us have lived away from our families for a long period of time. While the idea of letting go does not necessarily mean that we will never see our families again, personally I have had to let go of the idea of them being my only support system to start seeing for myself the requirements that it takes to simply live. Heck, my mom has done my laundry for how many years, but now I have had to let go of the mindset that I am missing something, and start living in my own existence that I am my own support system. While this is a more mellow idea of letting go, it shows the many ways that this idea is incorporated into our lives.

Have you ever had to let go of something or someone? What did you experience in this event? Did you see it as a moment of empowerment or was it more difficult to see the good in your experience?

Now, I understand this concept is challenging and emotional, but much like my example, I encourage you to think of smaller and more neutral ways that you have let go of something. Maybe there is currently something that you need to let go of. Maybe it is that bad grade that you got last week. Whatever it is that you feel is weighing you down, I want you to release it into the air. Like our lantern above you can watch it move away from you and disappear for good. It is all about how you view this picture. Is your mindset happy about this action or is the beauty still lost. I want you to save this thought for next week, but as you wait think about letting go and what it can do for your own self.

With peace,

Elizabeth