Quotes About Letting go

And I began to let him go. Hour by hour. Days into months. It was a physical sensation, like letting out the string of a kite. Except that the string was coming from my center.

No matter your spiritual beliefs, if you hold any, the answer is the same: sometimes, why is not knowable. If you open the refrigerator door and a tub of Kozy Shack tapioca pudding tumbles out and splats open onto the floor, you clean it. You don't stand there and question why it happened, how it was possible. Why doesn't matter now.

You must never allow something that happened to you to become a morbidly treasured heirloom that you carry, show people, put back in its black velvet pouch and then tuck back into your jacket where you can keep it close to your heart.

It Is Hard To Let Go Of The Past If You Have Not Learned From The Past. As Soon As You Learn And Let Go, You Improve The Present Today.

He realized that when he had been afraid to change he had been holding on to the illusion of Old Cheese that was no longer there. So

He realized that when he had been afraid to change he had been holding on to the illusion of Old Cheese that was no longer there.

but he was discovering what nourished his soul. He was letting go and trusting what lay ahead for him, even though he did not know exactly what it was.

As Haw prepared to leave, he started to feel more alive, knowing that he was finally able to laugh at himself, let go and move on. Haw laughed and announced, "It's ... Maze ... time!" Hem

Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese. The more important your cheese is to you the more you want to hold on to it.

As Haw prepared to leave, he started to feel more alive, knowing that he was finally able to laugh at himself, let go and move on.

Sure you can. It's not hard, if you just let go and try.

But what does it avail to find fault with what is past

Adesso spegniamo la luce e, fino a domattina, niente più dispiaceri. Domani, se ne avremo voglia, ce ne procureremo di nuovi. Va bene?

Offenses that are held on to lead to death.

I hated that I let him touch my sweat, that he knew how I kissed. I wanted to collect my things from him, but the things were only moments.

THE ACTIONS THAT accompany the four truths describe the trajectory of dharma practice: understanding anguish leads to letting go of craving, which leads to realizing its cessation, which leads to cultivating the path. These are not four separate activities but four phases within the process of awakening itself. Understanding matures into letting go; letting go culminates in realization; realization impels cultivation.

It's much easier not to know things sometimes.

When to stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.

In other words, there was no pain. There was no pain anymore.

8. And finally, of course, the very central teaching of the Gita: "Let go of the outcome." Let go of any clinging to how this all comes out. You cannot measure your actions at this point by the conventional wisdom about success and failure.

ONCE, I KNEW A FINE SONG, —IT IS TRUE, BELIEVE ME,— IT WAS ALL OF BIRDS, AND I HELD THEM IN A BASKET; WHEN I OPENED THE WICKET, HEAVENS! THEY ALL FLEW AWAY. I CRIED, 'COME BACK, LITTLE THOUGHTS!' BUT THEY ONLY LAUGHED. THEY FLEW ON UNTIL THEY WERE AS SAND THROWN BETWEEN ME AND THE SKY.

Blame, certainly, is a dish only edible when served fresh and warm. Old blames, grudges and scores congeal and curdle and cause the most terrible indigestion.

Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings.

If you can't let go of the past, the mistakes you've made will eat you alive.