Letting go

[DarkPassenger]

I hate the saying "just let it go". Sure, maybe if it is something trivial but what if it is something that has shaped your whole life and made you who you are today?

How do you let what has become a piece of yourself go? I don't think it is possible.

Some days I am bearable or I even welcome it but then there are the days when I am screaming internally to be free... whatever that could be.

I don't know how I know that there could be something better to be felt when I don't have any time to compare against. I just see others and I know that I'm not like them.

 

[MollyBeGood]

I think letting go of anything is the hardest and most important lesson we have to learn on this earthly journey.

 

[jaim38]

Just thought this article is relevant to the discussion:

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post...o-a-16-year-old?trk=tod-home-art-list-small_1

Passages I want to highlight:

I also believe that you should count your blessings, and not your problems. When things go wrong you remind yourself that you have a greater purpose in life. You should always conduct yourself in such a way that if someone speaks ill of you, the people who truly know you will not believe a word of it.

Most people believe in revenge, especially if their trust has been shaken. But that’s just negative energy. My advice is not to let thoughts of revenge consume your day because that only detracts from your ultimate happiness.

It’s sad when people are envious of your success and want to tear you down. But I’ve discovered that the more successful you become, the more you have to watch your back. In fact, I think someone should make a T-shirt that says: “For every back, there is a knife.”

There seems to be a whole slew of people who want to tear you down and take something from you whether it’s your money or, more importantly, your reputation. It could be the media, business rivals, people with a political agenda or even so-called friends. I’ve never understood that attitude. I’ve always believed in trying to surround myself with people who were rooting for my success and I’ve always believed in acknowledging and celebrating the successes of others.

What matters most is being able to hold your head high and live your life in a way that makes your mother and father proud. There’s no better feeling than that.

That’s also good advice for any 16-year old.

All of us go through life suffering in some way, making mistakes, and learning lessons along the way. It might give you some comfort to know you are not alone.

 

[MikeyC]

Letting go is sort of like forgiving, and holding strong grudges has been known to lower life quality. Letting go is healthy, but it's not easy to do.

 

[Taden]

I hate the saying "just let it go". Sure, maybe if it is something trivial but what if it is something that has shaped your whole life and made you who you are today?

How do you let what has become a piece of yourself go? I don't think it is possible.

Some days I am bearable or I even welcome it but then there are the days when I am screaming internally to be free... whatever that could be.

I don't know how I know that there could be something better to be felt when I don't have any time to compare against. I just see others and I know that I'm not like them.

First thing to know is that you are definitely not alone in this feeling. Ultimately I think the thing to keep in mind is that perspective view distorts the reality of life sometimes. Unless you are on either side of an extreme on a good life - bad life scale, it would be difficult from your own perspective to see where you as an individual stand on said scale. A trick I use for myself is to try and take my self biased out of the situation and try to recognize universal facts of the situation. It seems like a difficult feat and unfortunately I can't guarantee what works for me to possibly work for anyone else, but just thought I would throw that out there.

I really know how you feel from a personal point of view. Leaving everything out except the effects to my own life by my SA alone, it has been such a dragging weight in my life, growing more and more cumbersome and exhausting. I won't go into detail as I only wished to reply, one human to another, I feel your struggle to "let go"...:sad: