Day 5: Permission to Evolve
So far in our journey we’ve thought about our relationships, how we’re overgiving, where we’re feeling it, what we’re holding back, and how to see things clearly. Today we’re talking about letting go. Alex says that it doesn’t have to mean that it’s a loss. It could be a good thing. It might mean that certain things that used to ‘work’ no longer serve a purpose. They’ve done what they needed to do but they don’t align with our vision for ourselves or our future.
Alex asks us to think about a relationship that’s different. Think about what’s changed. She says that when we think about relationships we may feel gratitude, we may feel sadness or grief, or we may feel relieved to let it go. She suggests writing a letter, even if only in our heads, expressing our gratitude for the lessons we’ve learned from that person. Or she says we may want to journal about how we feel. She gives a prompt suggestion: “I’m ready to release . . .” and then urges us to really think about letting go of the version of ourselves that said yes when we really meant no or the one who self-abandoned.
I don’t know about you but I journal all the time. It helps me think through things when I don’t feel like I can talk to anyone. Alex encourages us to think about the following questions because she says that we make space for something greater when we let go of whatever no longer serves us. She also poses three questions that really made me stop and think about what I need to do for myself:
“What did this relationship teach me?”
“”What am I ready to release?”
“What am I no longer available for?”
The most important part of the session, however, was that Alex said, “Letting go is not a failure.” This brought a few tears to my eyes. It offered a kind of release for me – permission to say that it’s ok to let go what isn’t working any longer. It’s no one’s fault, really. Things change. Things evolve. And I guess that’s the real lesson here. It’s ok that things change. That’s life. And it’s ok for us to change with them.
I hope this session began to pull the series together for you as it did for me. But then again I enjoy journaling so that gives me an outlet to mull things over. More than anything, though, I hope that it helps you to begin to think about the relationships in your life, what you’re giving, what you might be denying yourself, what no longer serves you, and how you might move forward so that you can live the life you deserve.
Have a wonderful evening.
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