GIVE YOURSELF SOME CREDIT
If you feel the tension rising, perhaps it’s time to ask: where is time to let go? What have you been holding on to for a little too long?
The reason why letting go is hard because letting go can mean
Accepting what you cannot control
Having to move on without knowing the outcome
Walking away even when you feel like you still had something to say
Accepting that you might not get the closure you were waiting for
Accepting that you might have to grieve before you start to feel the joy of the release
Letting go is anything but easy. And at the same time, it is a form of release. Releasing tension.
And if letting go feels like too great of a task, remember, you can start with your breath. Even if letting go is hard for you, you’re already doing it every single day. With every breath you take, on the end of it, there is an exhale. A soft, ‘it is well,’- unspoken, but felt.
Give yourself some credit. You have already been practicing letting go, even when it doesn’t feel that way. Even when the tension is rising in other areas of your life, this remains true at this moment: you have already learned to not hold your breath indefinitely. You have already learned to let go by way of the exhale, even when it was hard.
Even when you feel the weight of losing control, and you are restless as you worry about how tomorrow will go, you have already been practicing releasing the tension every day. All by grace, you are already well on your way.
Yes, there will be new challenges that rise up in the background and you will have to address them as they come forth. There will be relationships that challenge you and waves of emotions that make you feel more vulnerable than you want to be. And at the same time, you are free to close your eyes, let your shoulders fall, and breathe through it. You are free to release tension one inhale and one exhale at a time.
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Sincerely,
Morgan Harper Nichols
@thestorytellerco
@morganharpernichols
