Quotes by Letting Go I had paid for my folly and, as a reward, was invited to take part in the nest builder’s performance piece. The script was great. ‘When I bleat here, do you want me to just bleat or to really let go and “bleat, bleat”?’ I asked. ‘I feel like “bleat, bleating,” but if Mother/Destroyer is going to be crawling through the birth canal of concertina wire, I don’t want to steal focus, you know what I mean? David Sedaris motherletting-gomean That mirror, that's one I hate to let go, he said. That was my daughter's the whole time she was growing up. It probably seen her more than me--everything from a baby up to twenty years old. Sometimes I wonder if all that might still be inside it. Got to make an impression on a thing, reflecting the same person every day. David Wroblewski daughterletting-gobaby Heartbreak is our indication of sincerity: in a love relationship, in a work, in trying to learn a musical instrument, in the attempt to shape a better more generous self. Heartbreak is the beautifully helpless side of love and affection and is just as much an essence and emblem of care as the spiritual athlete's quick but abstract ability to let go... But heartbreak may be the very essence of being human, of being on the journey from here to there, and of coming to care deeply for what we find along the way. David Whyte athletespiritualletting-go You don't have to give up to let go Deadmau5 giving-upletting-gogiving When I talk about forgiveness, I mean letting go, not excusing the other person or reconciling with them or condoning the behavior. Just letting go of your own suffering. Dean Ornish sufferingletting-gomean I was taking my advance freefall course, doing my level 1 jump. My heart was racing. Like I said, I have a lot of fear with falling, so I panicked. Then I let go of the door of the airplane and kind of panicked the entire way. But after a few jumps I grew more calm, realized what was going on, and I think that was the key. The more calm I got, the more relaxed I was. Dean Potter letting-goheartfall Standing in our power requires us to let go of the need to make others like us & instead stand committed to honoring ourselves. Debbie Ford committedletting-goneeds If letting go, if letting people and things work themselves out in the way that they needed to without your help was the most important thing, then it was also the hardest. Deb Caletti importantletting-gopeople The evolution of one's own soul is a process. It's not a quick fix. It's not a five-day workshop. It's a lifetime process where we let go, discover and then allow for futures to come into existence. Debbie Ford evolutionsoulletting-go Letting go is the hardest part... but you have to look at it through their eyes and realize the pain you caused them is that same pain you feel now. Deborah Reber paineyeletting-go To experience emotional freedom, we must accept, surrender, and let go of our wounds. We must be willing to take responsibility for what we're holding on to, which is usually a hurt or pain from the past that leaves us feeling victimized. Debbie Ford painhurtletting-go When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection. Debra Messing letting-golifebelieve A person could leave you so quickly. So much history and time and memories, but they snuck away from you, and other things took their place. How could you hold on? Wait. A bigger question. The biggest. How could you hold on and let go? Deb Caletti waitingletting-gomemories Many of us have read about and talked about forgiveness, and we understand intellectually why it might benefit us to let go of anger toward others. But we hold on anyway. Debbie Ford benefitsletting-gomight In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It's a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome. Deepak Chopra attachmentletting-gothinking My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever. Della Reese letting-gobelieveideas In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself. Deepak Chopra moving-onmoving-forwardletting-go Darkness does this. It finds all the places you are hiding in. It finds all the things you are holding onto tightly and makes you let go. Deb Caletti darknessdoeletting-go Don't dwell on what went wrong. Denis Waitley moving-onletting-gosuccess Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It comes from the mind’s mysterious instinct to believe that pain is good, or that it cannot be escaped, or that the person deserves it. Deepak Chopra painspiritualletting-go«1819202122232425262728»
