Well I cant believe its been almost 2 weeks since I wrote. Well I'm back. I got over the flu. THANKS BE TO GOD!
Today, I cleaned house. With my recent fight with the flu, I hadn't done any cleaning. And today, I "got r dun". Last week, I had to go to Jacksonville to sing a funeral of a friend of mine. I hadn't been there is 3 months. I had to check on my Godparents and see old friends. While I was there, I collected things that I needed to bring down here. Today, while I was cleaning up, I found things that I hadn't seen in years. Things that I didn't need anymore or things I needed to save. Some things were painful to see. Things that I had forgotten about. I didn't realize how much stuff I had until I went through all this stuff.
There was notebook labeled " Baggage". Inside, I had written things that I was carrying that I really needed to rid from my life. These were things that were holding me back and not allowing me to move forward. I've been trying to let go of somethings for a long time. After some researching and soul searching, I've come up with some thoughts and questions. Let go of what?Let go of the past. Past behavior. Past thoughts. Past actions. Past beliefs.
It's not easy to do. And even though we may say we want to let go, even though we say that we believe in it, that is not enough to make it happen."So, exactly how do I let go?"
Well, when I find myself asking myself that type of question, I think of it kinda like choosing between two different ice cream flavors. How do you chose between vanilla or chocolate? Easy...
You just choose. You see a choice, and then you choose.
Is letting go that easy as that? It can be. It's understanding that the baggage held inside no longer is appropriate to your life now.
What I'm trying to do is drop what was. And accepting what is.
It's giving up the struggle of the past that is bring me down and not helping me to prosper. And
I'm learning that letting go is seeing whats holding me back and any amount of denial, fighting, resisting, arguing, wishing, or bargaining isn't going to change what the situation is.
I'm trying really hard to put this into practice and think of the famous "Serenity Prayer"
It's not easy to do. And even though we may say we want to let go, even though we say that we believe in it, that is not enough to make it happen."So, exactly how do I let go?"
Well, when I find myself asking myself that type of question, I think of it kinda like choosing between two different ice cream flavors. How do you chose between vanilla or chocolate? Easy...
You just choose. You see a choice, and then you choose.
Is letting go that easy as that? It can be. It's understanding that the baggage held inside no longer is appropriate to your life now.
What I'm trying to do is drop what was. And accepting what is.
It's giving up the struggle of the past that is bring me down and not helping me to prosper. And
I'm learning that letting go is seeing whats holding me back and any amount of denial, fighting, resisting, arguing, wishing, or bargaining isn't going to change what the situation is.
I'm trying really hard to put this into practice and think of the famous "Serenity Prayer"
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference."
Letting Go, Slowly but surely,
Antony
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