LETTING GO

            One of the most courageous things that we as humans must do in our lives is the ability to let go. Forgetting the past, cutting the ties of rotten relationships and discovery new place are all part of moving on.  Even a child at the playground has the sense that sometimes letting go is the only option to move forward.

 I remember when I was younger and I would go to the park down the street.  I would always want to go down this big blue slide, but the only way to get to it was to cross the dreaded monkey bars.  I remember how I would put my right hand on the first bar and my left hand on the second.  For the longest time, this was the furthest point I had reached on the bars.  I would never let my right hand go.  I was too afraid.  I didn’t know if I was strong enough to hold on when I let go.  I was scared and nervous.  I looked down and thought I would survive if I fell.  I didn’t even know if I had the strength to get all the way to the slide.

 It wasn’t for a few more years that I was actually able to come to the realization that I could let go.  I knew I wanted to reach the slide and I knew I had the courage to move forward.  Eventually I reached the slide.  I was shaky at times and lost most of my momentum, but I kept pressing forward.  I slid down that slide and it was amazing.

            Sometimes we need to leave the comfort zones that we create.  We need to let go of the thoughts that hinder us from reaching our goals.  You can do it!  You just have to look forward and don’t get you mind wrapped about what can happen if things go wrong.  Your blue slide is there, so let go of that first monkey bar and don’t look back, just keep pressing on.