Quotes About Letting go

In a way, it is as if your refusal to forgive is too much a part of you for you to lose it. Who would you be without it? Not yourself.

Do not carry remorse for anything in the past; in the end, it is only prideful. Let peace dwell inside you, live your life in joy, and give thanks that God has come to you in this way.

I don't hold Travis anymore, of course- not to read to him, or for any other reason, either. I wish I'd known that the last time was going to be the last time.

It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

Remembering to forget the past allows you freedom from a past that holds back your Christian growth.

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

When the karma of a relationship is done, only love remains. It's safe. Let go.

I know this simple fact to be true, for I myself have abandoned people who did not want me to go, and I myself have been abandoned by those whom I begged to stay.

But I love him. So love him. But I miss him. So miss him. Send him love and light every time you think about him, and then drop it.

The world is always changing. Learn how to allow for it. Somone makes a promise, and then they break it. A play gets good notices, and then it folds. A marriage looks strong, and then they divorce. For a while there's no war, and then there's another war. If you get too upset about it all, you become a stupid, unhappy person—and where's the good in that?

When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy.

In all of our lives, there are days that we wish we could see expunged from the record of our very existence.

Until-as often happened during those first months travel, whenever I would feel such happiness-my guilt alarm went off. I heard my ex-husband's voice speaking disdainfully in my ear: So this is what you gave up everything for? This is why you gutted our entire life together? For a few stalks of asparagus and an Italian newspaper? I replied aloud to him: First of all, I said, I'm very sorry, but this isn't your business anymore. And secondly, to answer you question...yes.

But I love him. So love him. But I miss him. So miss him. Send some love and light every time you think about him, and then drop it. [...]

I think there are writers who take a quieter approach to their work — one that is just about respectfully showing up for your vocation day after day, steadily doing your best, and letting go of the results. Not going to war against anyone else, or against their talents, or against themselves.

Just remember- all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it up again when you leave.

I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of how many people have had siblings or friends or children or lovers disappear from their lives before precious words of clemency or absolution could be passed along.

If you made something and it didn't work out, let it go. Remember that you're nothing but a beginner—even if you've been working on your craft for fifty years. We are all just beginners here, and we shall all die beginners. So let it go. Forget

in order to let go of the addiction to creative suffering, you must reject the way of the martyr

Tan malo como el tabaco para los pulmones es el rencor para el alma;

What have I not yet learned about the futility of worry?

You must learn in life to take things more lightly, my dear. The world is always changing. Learn how to allow for it. Someone makes a promise, and then they break it.

You don't need to conduct autopsies on your disasters. You don't need to know what anything means.

Watch the heat of day pass into the cool night. Let go.