Quotes About Release

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

They say you should not suffer through the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.

Your past is always going to be the way it was. Stop trying to change it.

It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.

Let the past drift away with the water.

Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.

Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying, once and for all.

The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

Addiction is an anchor that won't break out.

If you let go of the things you're addicted to, your pains will let go of you.

You will be freed from the labour of worry.

When a thing has served its purpose, it will go away. If you try to hold on to something that has already fulfilled its purpose in your life, you are going to hurt yourself. If holding on is disturbing your peace of mind, it makes sense to let go. Surrender all attachments to people and things that you have been struggling to hold on to.

From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison. —NELSON MANDELA

Forgiveness is not forgetting; it is simply denying your pain the right to control your life.

Once you become willing to let it all go, God will open a new space in your heart and rewire your brain to know, receive, and express love in healthy ways. I forgive myself for believing that what I made up about who they were is the truth I had to live with for years of my life.

Let yourself remember and visualize the ways you have hurt others. See the pain you have caused out of your own fear and confusion. Feel your own sorrow and regret. Sense that finally you can release this burden and ask for forgiveness. Take as much time as you need to picture each memory that still burdens your heart.

Forgiveness frees the forgiver.

Stop chasing things that are beneath the truth of who you are. Stop holding on to things and people that weigh you down. Stop behaving in ways that don't honor the divinity and nobility within you.

The heart and the spirit also shed. They shed the emotions and experiences that we no longer need. They shed the things that stunt our growth. This, too, is an invisible process. Yet because of the energy involved, the emotional energy, we often feel the emotional and spiritual shedding. It feels as if we are dying. We are. Just like the flowers and the trees, we are dying to an old identity. This shedding, or death, is not the end of us. It is the beginning.

WHEN WE HAVE UNFORGIVING THOUGHTS ABOUT ANYONE OR ANYTHING, IT BLOCKS THE POSITIVE FLOW OF GOOD INTO OUR LIVES.

I also learned that when we have unforgiving thoughts about anyone or anything, it blocks the positive flow of good into our lives.

There is a healing power to releasing what was that allows you to receive what is and will always be—more than enough.