Someone brought it to my attention that we often discuss a lot about letting go but no one actually talks about the process of “how” we let go. I’m going to make a thread of ways you can begin letting go. 🤍
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The first step is always awareness. You want to observe the parts of your life or yourself where you feel the most resistant to change or compromise. This is where the behavior usually needs to change so you can become more yielding in some way.
Expectation and resistance will keep you glued to a fixed story line and make it very hard to let go. You have to rewrite your stories and associations that you have to your expectations of how you think things should be and fully accept the way things are and work with them.
Most people also have a hard time letting go because they don’t want to deal with the consequences or the uncomfortable feelings that will supervene. This is where addictions and codependency take hold, to fill the voids of what we’re afraid to feel.
Letting go always comes with a risk. You’re taking a chance on your comfort and walking into a place of unpredictability, which nobody likes. Being comfortable is safe, even if you’re miserable, you know what to expect. This is where you lean on your faith or support.
You have to trust yourself to know that you will be able to handle the discomfort that comes with releasing and instead of distracting yourself, you can manage in healthy ways. By writing, being with friends, doing your hobbies etc.
The main thing to remember is that everything is TEMPORARY. The happy, the fear, the anger, the sadness. Whatever emotions that stay with you are ones that you are holding onto by either suppressing or ignoring instead of feeling and letting them move through you.
Discomfort doesn’t mean that something is not good for you. Most often when we’re too comfortable, we’re not growing anymore or it isn’t the best for us. Eventually you will always become comfortable again. Accept the only constant is change & this will help you be able to let go
Release the scarcity mindset that makes you feel like you won’t be able to find anything better than what you have now. There’s an infinite amount of possibilities and universes that exist for you to create. Don’t get stuck on just one.
One last tip that can help is listening to your body. Our bodies always know what’s best for us before our mind can object. If you’re feeling very tense & rigid about something this might be something that you’re holding on too tightly to. Either to expectations or the situation
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