Quotes About Letting go

The Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron talks about letting go as an opportunity for true awakening. One of her favorite sayings is "Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us." That's what I was searching

What's more, obsessing about winning is a loser's game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome.

The soul of success is surrendering to what is.

For some reason, God is telling me to move on, and I must move on," he said. "People have to learn that nothing lasts forever." Then we tried to figure out a way that he could compete in the playoffs without playing

What's more, obsessing about winning is a loser's game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.

And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose control of your emotions. What's more, obsessing about winning is a loser's game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.

The fear of decadence is the fear – and fascination – of the other. It is a fantasy fear of letting go, of the abandonment of principle. In that it is an essentially middle-class fear, for the upper classes with their privilege – literally, private law – were answerable to no one, while the working class were both expendable and by tradition prone to vice

I wish... she said, and stopped. There was nothing that could be gained by wishing for it. A final deep shaky breath, and she was ready to go on.

There was nothing that could be gained by wishing for it.

I wish..." she said, and stopped. There was nothing that could be gained by wishing for it. A final deep shaky breath, and she was ready to go on.

Everything I've ever let go of has claw marks on it

There is no one who desires and nothing desirable in itself. There is only the force of desire as a cosmic power that stimulates all creatures into action. Honor the power of desire as a spiritual force and desire the highest for yourself and for everyone, letting go of all lesser wants.

Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods

Get rid of your doubts. Yesterday is dead. Past mistakes are like smoke in the breeze.

Hating someone is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies. It all sounds very good, but it's a lot easier to say it than to do it.

Forgiveness doesn't mean that we deny the hurt, forget that it happened, or recuse the offender of responsibility or accountability; it means that we're not going to destroy our potential, to harm us anymore. At its core, forgiveness is a choice to give up our role as a victim.

Before we can pray, 'Thy Kingdom come,' we must be willing to pray—'My kingdom go!

Stop allowing things from the past to control you in the present or hinder you in the future. Paul shook things off. He didn't let them cling to him like anchors pulling him down.

How much of our lives is spent in reverie, in wishing for what cannot be, in regretting what might have been avoided. These obsessions steal from us the moments of the now.

Answerless questions can destroy you. Move on.

We are so used to releasing words, we don't know what to do with them if they stay. No matter how many times we let them go, they come back. The words that matter always stay.

I didn't let her go. She went. It's not my fault. She did it. She could undo it. This is feeling so fucking famliar. Why do we even bother? Why do we make ourselves so open to such easy damage? Is it all loneliness? Is it all fear? Of is it just to experience those narcotic moments of belonging with someone else?

I say good-bye to the part of myself that misses him so much.

There's no way to release yourself from a memory. It ends when it wants to end, whether it's in a flash or long after you've begged it to stop.