#letting-go

#letting-go

Letting go. It's one of the hardest things human beings have to do in this life. And-oftentimes-we can't. After all, it's one of the reasons why we invented photography, the ability to capture single moments forever. There's an entire television show dedicated to hoarding. Then there's the oldest and most obvious form of not being able to let go: cemeteries. Our entire species, for thousands of years, has created burial places for our dead because the living can't-and don't want to-fully let go.

Nobody is perfect. It could have been unintentional, but you were the target of their low moment and got wronged in the process. You are feeling the range of lousy emotions: anger, sadness, shame, anxiety, embarrassment, regret, and might even start to slip into a depression. When someone suggests you forgive the instigator, you can't help but reply: "Why should I forgive him/her/them?" "He/She/They don't deserve my forgiveness" "I'll never be able to forgive him/her/them for that" "Why should he/she/they get away with that?"

In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.