"All The Art Of Living Lies In A Fine Mingling Of Letting Go And Hanging On".
What a balancing act living is. Sometimes I let go when I should be hanging on and hang on when I should be letting go. I don't always know when it is time to let go. The 70er I get the letting go usually gets easier and the hanging on harder.
There are many things that I don't want to let go of, yet no longer have the mental or physical energy to hang on to. In those cases letting go although it bring pain, it also beings relief. I have held to so many things long past the time that I should have let go. Big things like real estate, relationships, furniture, even clothing. I wanted so badly to hang on to my youth, I probably still do, even now that I know the advantages of letting go.
I was visiting my old home in Fenelon Falls last weekend, it is now my son's and his families home. After 2 years of this house becoming my son's. I was really able to let of it. In doing so I was able to enjoy it so much more. The responsibility of owning something is now heavy for me. I am much lighter and freer when I let go.
Hanging on to the illusion of being in control was a really difficult one for me, until I realized that it was that, an illusion. My life is controlled by the fates just as everyone else's is. Sometimes life is kind and warm and there will be times when it will be cold and cruel; time is a great leveler. The longer I am here the more I see that everyone of us goes through our times of hanging on and letting go.
Afternoon Thoughts
Thursday, May 24th, 2012...............1:27p.m.
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