Let It Go! Let It Go!

Happy Monday, Friends! I'm gonna try to post more on the weekends, but I just thought I'd start posting regularly during the week! This was an interesting quote I found. I think #1 is the most important to do during the week is to let go. Let go of the past. Even though it quickly becomes obnoxious, the song from "Frozen" is a key song to remember. "Let It Go". Or, "Let It Be" from The Beatles. We can't change the past. We can't change what has happened to us. It's done. I love sharing personal stories or examples, so I hope you don't mind.

My dad left my family when I was 11. I wasn't even a teenager yet. Our relationship is FAR from perfect, but I always try to see the good he's done. He's not an alcoholic or drug addict, he never sexually or physically abused us or my mom, he didn't take all of our money, he doesn't speak badly about my mom at all; he's a very non-confrontational person. I love that about him. Did he hurt our family? Of course! Could it have been worse? Yes! Am I condoning what he did? NO! I'm simply looking at the good and trying, day by day, to forgive. So, Let Go Of The Past.

#2, be grateful for what remains. Be present. If you like to meditate, this helps a TON to train your mind to just pay attention to your breathing, and helps you to stay in tune to what's happening NOW. This is the hardest place to be, since all you want to do is dwell on the past or worry about the future. But, trust me. It does you NO good. Stay here. Stay where you are right now.

#3, look forward to what's coming up next. Oh my gosh, I am struggling with this SO MUCH right now! I'm facing a plateau. I'm 29 years old, not married yet, I don't have a career settled yet, I'm still living with my mom. You can't imagine how many decisions I'm trying to make right now. But, look at it this way. I have so many options! I was allowed to get an education. Women other places aren't even allowed to go to school, marry who they want, wear what they want, eat what they want to. Women have come a LONG way!! Look at it like that! We have so many options available!

My challenge to you today is to let go of the past, stay in the present, and look forward to the future. Will you stumble along the way? Well, yeah! It's called being human!! Don't beat yourself down. Be here. In the now.