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Daily Question, June 20

Is there anything thatI’ve been holding on to for a long time? How might it feel to let go?

  • Mike S

    I’ve had for sometime or rather pessimistic view of humanity‘s future given what I know about climate change.Sometimes I envision the positive in that, which is a much smaller remnant of humans living sustainably on planet earth with a much smaller footprint and a change in consciousness.

  • devy

    Ive been holding on to anxiety and feelings of abandonment for a very long time. Something that was instilled in me as a young child . It is an ongoing battle that still has its grips dug into me, but I am on the pathway of improvement. I’ve been working on my inner child work, living in the present practice and gratitude skills. One of my meditations includes the idea of imagining what my life would feel like it if I accept and let go these feelings.. It would feel wonderful !!

  • EJP

    Fear of a career change….what freedom I would feel if I could just let go and let it be.

  • Kevin
    If only it was as easy as “flipping-a-switch,” “just say the word and it’s done,” and with a snap of the finger it’s gone! Right! Though we oftentimes do need to give ourselves permission to be released from something that has been weighing us down for what feels like forever, it is frequently not so easy. For myself, I once found a way to let go of a long-standing hurt with ‘simple’ forgiveness, a process that was both freeing and new life-giving at the same time. Other weigh...

    If only it was as easy as “flipping-a-switch,” “just say the word and it’s done,” and with a snap of the finger it’s gone! Right!

    Though we oftentimes do need to give ourselves permission to be released from something that has been weighing us down for what feels like forever, it is frequently not so easy. For myself, I once found a way to let go of a long-standing hurt with ‘simple’ forgiveness, a process that was both freeing and new life-giving at the same time. Other weighty burdens just seem to need time on the backburner of my mind to simmer, usually for too long, before I toss it all out, wash up the pan and put it away.

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  • Howie Geib
    I do sense that I am on the edge of something. A shift. An internal pivoting seems to be taking place. Little by little every day, almost like the sun that is now, today, going to start being around a little less each day until December. I can’t be sure, but I think it has something to do with leaving a posture wherein my personality defines me. Actions seem to be coming to the foreground. What I ‘think’ matters less and less. My opinions, too, wane. But what I see, what I do are somehow m...

    I do sense that I am on the edge of something. A shift. An internal pivoting seems to be taking place. Little by little every day, almost like the sun that is now, today, going to start being around a little less each day until December. I can’t be sure, but I think it has something to do with leaving a posture wherein my personality defines me. Actions seem to be coming to the foreground. What I ‘think’ matters less and less. My opinions, too, wane. But what I see, what I do are somehow more important. So the holding on is the series of masks I can put down. It is liberating, and harkens to preparing for that next place. Don’t be alarmed, it is not that I have a sense of imminent death as much as I know that it is time to get serious about harvesting and less about sowing. Or something.

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    • sparrow

      How happy am I
      to read what you have written,
      dear Howie,
      which reflects what I have been feeling myself…
      I think it has to do with being willing to let the ego take a back seat;
      it is immensely freeing,
      and not nearly as frightening as I thought it would be.
      I am becoming much more content
      without the baggage . . .
      peace,
      dear brother…
      it is time,
      and it feels so right.

  • sunnypatti

    I’ve recently recognized that I’m still hanging on to some fears that I’d love to let go of, and will work on doing so.

    As for how it will feel to let go of the fears… I know it will be liberating with a side of lightness and peace of mind!

  • Ose

    If it is to let go of a lie, it is freeing to let go. If it is to let go of Love, never.

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