Letting Go

From the 12 steps, I am learning many new lessons, among which right now is letting go.

Preliminarily, I will say what letting go is to me, and what letting go is not.

Letting go is a step toward healing.

Letting go is not weakness, except in the sense that as in irony, where it is in weakness where one finds true strength.

I am discovering that wrestling tenaciously with a situation simply keeps me in a static position. I have found it is impossible to gain a different perspective if I am stuck in one place. My misery is simply prolonged, and the situation cannot change, because I am holding on so tightly. And I have found that holding stubbornly to a particular position is futile, if the situation cannot change. It is only in paradigm change that a solution can be found.

Letting go gives me the freedom to change and grow. Letting go is my strength.

I have discovered a whole new world. It exists in my heart. I am creating it. It possesses joy, hope, and love.

I tell myself that I am sorry for denying myself the chance to be free.

I forgive myself.