Quotes About Letting go

La cuerda cortada puede volver a anudarse, vuelve a aguantar, pero está cortada. Quizá volvamos a tropezar, pero allí donde me abandonaste no volverás a encontrarme. BERTOLT BRECHT

Lo que define el apego no es tanto el deseo como la incapacidad de renunciar a él.

Amar sin apegos es amar sin miedos. Es asumir el derecho a explorar intensamente el mundo, a hacerse cargo de uno mismo y a buscar un sentido de vida. También significa tener una actitud realista frente al amor, afianzar el autorespeto y fortalecer el autocontrol. Es disfrutar de la dupla placer/seguridad, sin volverla imprescindible. Es hacer las paces con Dios y la incertidumbre. Es tirar la certeza a la basura y dejar que el universo se haga cargo de uno. Es aprender a renunciar.

Apartar lo que sobra, desvincularse y decir adiós con la sabiduría de quien ha comprendido lo que no le conviene.

El sabio no espera nada, pero no porque ya lo tenga todo, sino porque no teme perder nada.

libertad auténtica es cuando la mente se desprende de lo inútil y de los miedos; cuando decide rechazar todos los apegos y los supuestos privilegios (estatus, poder, fama) que alimentan el ego hasta convertirlo en algo insufrible. Placeres del tener que nos atan o nos hacen caminar en círculos; malos placeres, diría

de lograr para cualquier persona, porque implica desprenderse de las expectativas y resignarse a que las cosas sigan su curso.

You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

betrayal—it is only as you give up your rights to vindicate yourself, it is only in laying down the injustices, it is only in forgiving those who have wronged you—that you lay down your life. And as you lay down

In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you learn to let go? —JACK KORNFIELD, BUDDHIST TEACHER

All of life's problems come from attachment. When you let go of being attached to things, or needing things, a sense of peace comes over you like I can't describe.

Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.

The sunk-cost fallacy keeps people for too long in poor jobs, unhappy marriages, and unpromising research projects. I

LET GO, JASON. PAIN GOES AWAY, AND IT HURTS LESS THAN FEAR WHILE IT LASTS. NOTHING DOES LAST, NOT GOOD THINGS OR BAD, NOT SUCCESS OR FAILURE, NOT LIFE ITSELF; AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU FAIL, WHILE LIFE REMAINS YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE YOURSELF ANOTHER CHANCE EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE WILL; CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE TO TRY AGAIN.

you know, when my father died, I spent alot of time thinking I wasn't a great son. like, maybe I could've listened more, or spend more time together. I felt so guilty, he did everything for me, and I did nothing for him. then, one day, I realized I did the greatest think before he died. I held his hand, and said goodbye.

Become aware of what you feel. When you see parts of yourself that you don't like, just watch the feelings come and go without getting too caught up in what it is you're feeling. Everything passes—these emotions will, too.

Sometimes we have to face the things that hurt us most. Maybe you won't heal till you do. You haven't yet." They both knew that was true. "You can't move ahead until you bury the past.

And if they really fuck it up and do make a horrible mistake, which can happen to anyone, from any culture, you still have to sit back and watch from the sidelines. It's their life. What you need is a life of your own. You can't hang on to them forever and live theirs or stop them from making mistakes. That's the deal. Once they grow up, they belong to themselves, not to us.

Sometimes life will make you give up what you love most.

There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull How do you hang on to someone who won't stay And how do you get rid of someone who won't go

Vielleicht war es gut für mich, dass alles so kam, wie es gekommen war. Damit die Vergangenheit auch verging. Damit man nicht mehr dorthin zurückkonnte, damit man sie hinter sich lassen konnte, als machte man mit einer alten Kamera ein schlechtes Foto und kurbelte den Film dann einfach weiter.

I just think—' 'Don't think. If you think, you'll never truly get over her. Thinking just extends things.' So I decided not to think.

if you just let things be, they eventually sort themselves out.

Holding on is believing that there's only a past; letting go is knowing that there's a future.