Quotes About Letting go

As I accept the flowers, I release my grip on the balloons, and they bounce gently against the ceiling the way they did before—hovering, annoyed, frustrated, contained by the ceiling and disappointed by the limits of life.

This world would be a better place to live if the entire mankind forgets what happened in history (events that have happened before they were born!) and just focus on the present and coming future.

I longed to be loved that way. You are, sweetheart. You are loved. Stop trying to be a savior, and let me carry you.

Forgiveness is not • saying that what the person did was not wrong • absolving the person from responsibility for their actions • denying that the wrong occurred • pretending the abuse did not happen Forgiveness is • letting go of your need for revenge • cutting the person loose • refusing to let bitterness and hatred rule your life • leaving the past behind by not allowing it to control your actions or emotions

and farther into cold fog I let him go, I lay and stretched on love's fucking stretcher, and let him wander on his own the haunt salt mazes.

It is in the past, enough looking back, it is gone, it is more over with than the shocks of childhood.

I do not let go of him yet, but hold the string and watch my idea of him pull away and stay, and pull away, my silver kite.

But look! I am starting to give him up! I believe he is not coming back. Something has died, inside me, believing that

Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn't depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.

The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

Flickorna återvände hem och berättade för Minette att det nog var allra bäst om hon försökte glömma honom. Och när hennes tårar började flöda denna gång gjorde de ingenting för att hindra henne.

Don't lose everything over someone who doesn't matter.

Nothing lasts, you see, not even the thoughts inside you. And you musn't waste your time looking for them. Once a thing is gone, that is the end of it.

I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.

I think anybody who has had a long relationship and has had a really hard time letting go, wants to feel like it's not all for naught, and it's meaningful, because it makes you who you are.

It's best if I stay out of future plans and let time go on.

I spend a lot of time saying to myself, "Well, is that really what I like to do? Is that really something that makes me happy?" and letting go of the things that don't make me happy.

For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to hold on to hate—you lose your grip on what's important, you know?

You don't rest well as long as you're seeking vengeance. I feel sad justice wasn't done, but it's time to move on and sleep well.

You can either waste time worrying about a death that might not come or concentrate on what's left to you.

They're just memories now. Time to write them off.

Every time you sort of let go of the bar, you knew someone was there to catch you, and vice versa. And, I mean, come on. It's Method Man. It's been a dream to meet him forever.

Whatever is making you so angry, it's time for you to give it to God and get over it.