Release

As I listened to a friend talk I noticed a constant in her conversation. Regardless of the topic, all I heard from her was negativity and dwelling on the past. She consistently spoke against the church she once was a member of. Not having been in attendance at the former church for a long while now, this person spoke about things that happened way back when as if they had just occurred today. People that she once had unpleasant encounters with are brought back up and relived in the moving picture of her words. Instead of living in the present, her life revolves around the past. I realize that we all react differently to situations, but just because you want to live in the mire and the muck of days & events that have long past....don't think others want to go down that road with you. There comes a time in everyone's life where you have to make the choice to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and move on, or you can choose to stay in the pit of constant complaint. But don't be surprised if you go down that road alone.

When you leave something or somewhere, don't dwell on things. If your not at that particular place anymore, then chances are what goes on there now doesn't concern you... LET IT GO!

People will come and go in your life and that's ok, but if they are no longer a apart of your present, don't continually rehash things or events that once involved them....LET IT GO!

You have tried your best to help someone but they continually go back to the same thing they needed help from in the first place. Don't let them drain you of your precious energy and time....LET IT GO!

Yes it hurts when a loved one has done you wrong, but will it change things or make it better by harboring angst against them or will it only bring you down.....LET IT GO!

Things didn't work out like you expected them to....LET IT GO!

If others don't or won't accept you for who you are, you can either let them get to you or you can....LET IT GO!

No matter what the situation, we all have a choice....we can either stress ourselves out over things that don't really matter in the grand scheme of life or we can release it and move on. If we choose to allow others and things to dictate how we feel, the only person that gets hurt in the long run is you. So I encourage you to re-evaluate the things in your life that truly matter and focus on them. Everything else can be tossed out with the trash. The choice is yours.