Let Go....
I was sick with a virus all last week. During that time I learned about letting go. I was home and I had to decide if I was going to be depressed being sick or if I was going to learn something.
When you are too sick to really do anything your life slows down so much. I decided I could be thankful for life slowing down for that was a thing I had been worrying about that I would not enjoy summer and then it would be over. And that thought led to me to realize that right before I got sick I was stressed about time, money, work, people.....
That is when I started practicing letting go. Every time a thought came to me to start thinking about a concern in my life, I would tell myself to let go. I would keep saying that until the thought was gone.
In a short amount of time this process made a huge difference in my life. For so much of my time is taken up working on concerns in my head. I found that without being weighed down by thoughts, I would get moving and do simple little things like wash some dishes. And that simple task was amazing. I focused on the cleanness, the feel of the water, the smell of the soap and how good getting something done felt.
Letting go of my expectations of other people gives me more time to enjoy this life. Letting go of tomorrow makes today so much fuller. Letting go of time makes each moment so much brighter. Letting go of yesterday gives me freedom to live today. Letting go of money, seems to change to way I see money.
I went back to work yesterday. I started to be concerned.... but I let go. At work I felt a wonderful since of presence in the moment. I was not attached to expectations of other people, time or money. I was there and simply thankful to feel well and be able to work.
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