Quotes About Letting go

It is not so much adverse events that make you anxious as it is your thoughts about those events. Your mind engages in efforts to take control of a situation, to bring about the result you desire. Your thoughts close in on the problem like ravenous wolves. Determined to make things go your way, you forget that I am in charge of your life. The only remedy is to switch your focus from the problem to My Presence. Stop all your striving, and watch to see what I will do. I am the Lord!

GIVE UP THE ILLUSION that you deserve a problem-free life.

THIS IS A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU MUST LEARN TO LET GO: of loved ones, of possessions, of control. In order to let go of something that is precious to you, you need to rest in My Presence, where you are complete.

My main work is to clear out debris and clutter, making room for My Spirit to take full possession. Collaborate with Me in this effort by being willing to let go of anything I choose to take away. I know what you need, and I have promised to provide all of that—abundantly!

Be prepared to let go of anything I take from you, but never let go of My hand!

She let go of the loneliness, the pain, the resentment, the fear, the past, the disappointments, the worry about the children, the future, the car accidents, and she just laughed. Because everyone needs to laugh. What was done was done, what was lost was lost, but there was still a lot to be found.

thought about having one last kiss, but in the end the only way she could leave was to walk away without looking back.

In every human heart is a place where you put your broken dreams. When something doesn't work out, no matter what it may be, you just have to give it up and stuff it in with your broken dreams. And make sure you keep the lid on tight.

What I mean to say is no, I don't want her back, just words hanging like leaves from a tree limb, nothing can bring her back anyway; words wouldn't build her bit by bit, piece by piece, she's gone, and there is strength in knowing that. Maybe the longing will ease. Maybe the seconds will lapse into minutes. I'm not Christ – I can't raise the dead.

The past should remain firmly behind one. The present holds enough obstacles.

I've never lost anything,' Red said, 'Not a penny, not a memory. Never lot anything. I've gotten rid of some crap, some people, but I don't allow myself to lose things.

Dispose of everything that was lost. There's no time to dream about something that won't come back. I must look forward. Forward.

Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.

Anger is not bitterness. Bitterness can go on eating at a man's heart and mind forever. Anger spends itself in its own time.

Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort.

There's no time to hold grudges when you've seen how fragile things can really be.

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

I thought my inner voice was telling me it was time to sell my house and get rid of everything that I had. But what I was told was to just make my load lighter.

I'm not interested in those who do me wrong. There's not enough time in the day for them.

When I got married in my twenties, I had a happy marriage and happy kids but at some point in time I let it go off the rails I let it go off the rails.

I think everyone's had their pound of flesh and now it's time to move on.

I'm imperfect. There are things in time that will bother me, but I don't dwell on them. It's another thing to dwell on it your whole day and let it bother you.

Maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and anger, and the wrong is forgotten.