Quotes About Letting go

Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender.

We can only lose what we have first claimed.

Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.

To not extend forgiveness is to burn the bridge that we ourselves must cross.

holding on to anger is like swallowing poison and hoping someone else will die.

It is that to which we cling that drags us to the bottom of the abyss. There is real power at having nothing to lose.

We chain ourselves to those we don't forgive.

Michael, I think we need to break up." If

Some own up to their past. Some are owned by their past. The wise take what they can from the past and then leave it behind.

We chain ourselves to those we don't forgive.

Forgiveness is release — to unlock the cage of another's folly to set ourselves free. To not forgive is to chain oneself to people and circumstances of the past. In doing so, our past becomes our future.

There isn't time for regret. There never is.

Hating those boys didn't do anything to the boys, just to me. So I pushed them and all my hate from my heart. Once I did that, God came back in.

You darling, sweet man. I'm so sorry for your pain. I wish I could have taken it from you. But you've carried it long enough. You need to let it go.

It's like they say, holding on to anger is like swallowing poison and hoping someone else will die.

We are chained to that which we do not forgive

I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not.

You can't come back to something that is gone.

saying farewell to flesh, farewell to everything caught underfoot and flattened.

When the sensation that I am in control of my life and must make it happen ends, then life is simply lived and relaxation takes place. There is a sense of ease with whatever is the case and an end to grasping for what might be.

The bad news is that you're in free fall and there's nothing to hold on to. The good news is that there's no ground to hit.

Try to see the past as a room separate from the one you live in now. You can go in there, but you don't live there anymore.

If you want to, you can let go of any feelings of resentment, of regret, of anger. You can accept that you are a fabulous human being because of all the bad things that have happened to you, not in spite of them. What is done is done, and you need to just get on with your life.

We need to be together." "Why?" I asked softly. The word was carried away on the wind, but he heard. "Because I want you." I gave him a sad smile, wondering if we'd meet again in the land of the dead. "Wrong answer," I told him. I let go