I mostly used to be that sort of person that would hold on to friends, things, feelings, and circumstances too much. I would wildly grasp at them till they could not move unreservedly around my mind and my life. I was convinced that if I held them firmly that it would keep them close to me. What I found nonetheless is that gripping onto things too firmly only chokes the air out of them or makes them sift through your hands like sand.
I believed that holding on was the greatest sign of strength - that to prove quite how much you need something you truly must hang onto it with everything you have got. But in all that , I lost parts of myself. I lost my capacity to change. I really didn't give other stuff the chance to change so I instead ground them into submission without letting them function unreservedly. I came up against one certain characteristic of life that proved my assumed strength false time and again - life will always change.
So I really began to let go. I started to allow those lovely and complex portraits of memories in my mind unfold like streamers in the wind. I let them flow naturally like the waters in the streams.
When the time was right, I rolled them back up, smiled widely, and took some time to stare at the open and vast ocean of uncerainty in front of me.
I'm centered.
I'm open.
I am content.
It is time to move on with a full heart.
I truly feel, that is the hardest thing for us to do isn't it? Move on? Let relationships go? Yes, but basically walking away from things and never looking back is amongst the strongest things which you can do. You never really know if something will come back around again, but if it does, it was meant to be. If it doesnt in the end, it's still possible to enjoy the present anways. Live here and now.
So let go...that's true strength.
I believed that holding on was the greatest sign of strength - that to prove quite how much you need something you truly must hang onto it with everything you have got. But in all that , I lost parts of myself. I lost my capacity to change. I really didn't give other stuff the chance to change so I instead ground them into submission without letting them function unreservedly. I came up against one certain characteristic of life that proved my assumed strength false time and again - life will always change.
So I really began to let go. I started to allow those lovely and complex portraits of memories in my mind unfold like streamers in the wind. I let them flow naturally like the waters in the streams.
When the time was right, I rolled them back up, smiled widely, and took some time to stare at the open and vast ocean of uncerainty in front of me.
I'm centered.
I'm open.
I am content.
It is time to move on with a full heart.
I truly feel, that is the hardest thing for us to do isn't it? Move on? Let relationships go? Yes, but basically walking away from things and never looking back is amongst the strongest things which you can do. You never really know if something will come back around again, but if it does, it was meant to be. If it doesnt in the end, it's still possible to enjoy the present anways. Live here and now.
So let go...that's true strength.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Need help in moving on from a broken heart? Dig into these moving on quotes and they will help you take a few steps forward in the right direction.