Quotes About Letting go

The past has no power over us. It doesn't matter how long we have had a negative pattern. The point of power is in the present moment.

Forgiveness means giving up, letting go. It has nothing to do with condoning behavior. It's just letting the whole thing go. We do not have to know HOW to forgive. All we need to do is to be WILLING to forgive. The Universe will take care of the hows.

It is imperative for our own healing that "we" release the past and forgive everyone. "I forgive you for not being the way I wanted you to be. I forgive you and I set you free." This affirmation sets us free.

Cada uno de estos estados se genera en una falta de perdón, en una negativa implacable a renunciar al pasado y a concentrarse en el presente. El amor es siempre la respuesta para la curación, sea de la clase que sea. Y la senda que conduce al amor es el perdón. Al perdonar se disuelve el resentimiento. Esto suelo abordarlo de diversas maneras.

I would add to that concept that the very person you find it hardest to forgive is the one YOU NEED TO LET GO OF THE MOST.

Blame is one of the surest ways to stay in a problem. In blaming another, we give away our power. Understanding enables us to rise above the issue and take control of our future. The past cannot be changed. The future is shaped by our current thinking.

Te perdono por no ser como yo quería que fueras. Te perdono y te dejo en libertad.»

Being unwilling to forgive is a terrible thing to do to yourself.

I am releasing the old and making room for the new.

To Release the Past, We Must Be Willing to Forgive We need to choose to release the past and forgive everyone, ourselves included. We may not know how to forgive, and we may not want to forgive, but the very fact that we say we are willing to forgive begins the healing process. It is imperative for our own healing that "we" release the past and forgive everyone.

Clara didn't carry a grudge. They were too heavy and she had too far to go.

Are you enjoying your suffering? You must be, to hold on to it so tightly.

You're lying on your deathbed. You have one hour to live. Who is it, exactly, you have needed all these years to forgive?

Everything he let go of had claw marks on it.

And as he felt the final beat of Sonny's heart Gamache had had the impression it wasn't that his old heart had stopped but that Sonny had finally given it all away.

You have one hour to live. Who is it, exactly, you have needed all these years to forgive?" Myrna

holding on to resentments only binds you to the person you hate.

Armand stood up, still holding Stephen's hand, and said, "It's time. Let him go." Then he sat back down, his legs weak. If this was the right thing to do, why did it feel so wrong? But no, it didn't feel wrong. It felt wretched. Horrific. A nightmare. But sometimes "right" felt like that.

Clara found it easy to forgive most things in most people. Too easy, her husband Peter often warned. But Clara had her own little secret. She didn't really let go of everything. Most things, yes. But some she secretly held and hugged and would visit in moments when she needed to be comforted by the unkindness of others.

My favorite quote from Thoreau is also from Walden," said Gamache. "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

Let it go. You have your own life. Not Uncle Saul's, not your parents'.' His face had grown very serious then, his eyes searching. 'You can't live in the past and you certainly can't undo it. What happened to Uncle Saul has nothing to do with you. Memories can kill, Yvette. The past can reach right up and grab you and drag you to a place you shouldn't be. Like a burning building.

She didn't really let go of everything. Most things, yes. But some she secretly held and hugged and would visit in moments when she needed to be comforted by the unkindness of others.

Really? You have that ability, Chief Inspector? To just forget? Lucky you." They held each other's eyes. No one with gray in their hair got there without things they'd prefer to forget. But could not.

Now here's a good one: you're lying on your deathbed. You have one hour to live. Who is it, exactly, you have needed all these years to forgive?