Quotes About Letting go

Do not fall prey to the false belief that by forgiving someone you're letting them off the hook. Because when you forgive someone you let yourself off the hook.

You're going to have to let go of old, limiting beliefs and cling to your decision to create the life you desire like your life depends on it. Because guess what? Your life does depend on it.

An negativen Gefühlen festzuhalten bringt nichts. Es schadet mir nur - und allen anderen auch. Es hält mich davon ab, mein Leben voll zu genießen. Ich bin ein großartiger Mensch. Ich entscheide mich dafür mein Leben zu genießen. Ich entscheide mich dafür, das hier loszulassen.

The moment you decide to forgive and let your negative feelings melt away, you are on the road to freedom.

You can't cling to the old you and your old relationships and grow into the new you at the same time. You have to choose one or the other: Cling and stay or grow and release and see if they come along for the ride.

We relive our worst moments over and over and over instead of letting them go, we pick at the emotional scabs and refuse to let the healing happen and the pain subside.

Think to yourself, "What do I have to do or not do, or think or not think, right now, to be happy?" And if the answer is "let the jackass think he's right," then so be it.

Forgiveness is all about taking care of you, not the person you need to forgive. It's about putting your desire to feel good before your desire to be right.

You are such a young and childish country, believing that one can better understand the injuries of the past by wallowing in them and analyzing their causes. You do not know enough to understand that the only way to heal a wound is to leave it alone. To let sleeping dogs lie, as it were, rather than enthusiastically kicking them as

The past is past. And better it remain so.

Time will fold over the past if you let it.

I knew that I was over him like a butterfly is over a cocoon. He said everything he could to win me back. But when I looked into his eyes, I didn't feel a thing. When I left him that afternoon

How wise she was, knowing when to let go, and having the strength and generosity to put the needs of the people she loved above her own.

Carly threw trinkets, souvenirs, and the digital photo frame full of happy pictures of herself and Ethan at him. Finally she picked up the box itself and threw the whole thing. " That's everything you've ever given me. Except the heartburn from your fancy restaurants, and the worry that I wasn't good enough for your snotty friends. I'd love to throw those at you too.

But if I can't change something, I don't waste energy on it.

If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.

If you're going to bury the past, bury it deep, girl. Shallow Graves always give up their dead.

Talking about your feelings helps you let go of your anger. And it takes a lot of energy to be angry all the time.

She gave up the rest. The relief was physical, like releasing a long tight breath that had crowded her lungs for too long, letting it go because it was stale, the oxygen was gone.

I tried to let myself just... be. It was hard to let not knowing what was about to happen be a good thing. But I tried it out. Being in the moment. Not in the past or in the future. In this moment now.

It wasn't her problem to solve; it was Kevin's. Let God fix him. After repeating the words for months, she finally understood what they meant. Let go and let God.

It is not your responsibility to explain what God is doing with your life. He has not provided enough information to figure it out. Instead, you are asked to turn loose and let God be God. Therein lies the secret to the "peace that transcends understanding.

How does one get one self back ? How can one release and let go when the pain is so intense you feel as though you are drowning in your own breath.

The trick to being abandoned was to never let yourself long for anyone who left.