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August 24, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 7 Comments

Letting Go Does Not Mean Giving Up

This was sent to me by a reader of the blog, Grace Kane. I really love it and believe it absolutely, so I wanted to share it with you all. She didn’t remember its author:

Most upset is derived from our unwillingness to accept or release something. Like holding water, the tighter we grasp the less we have.

Often the intense energy we expend clinging to something is the single greatest obstacle to our good. We greatly improve our lives and results by letting it go.

Letting go does not mean giving up. It means that we take our frenetic, chaotic energy out of the picture and release our attachment to the outcome.

If you believe in a force greater than you (God, Spirit, Universal Energy etc.), letting go is an act of surrender to the power responsible for beating hearts and suspending the planets in the sky, surely it can handle your concerns.

Love to you all,
Jeane


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Comments

  1. Grace Kane says

    August 24, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    Still sounds great to me:) Wonder where I got that….lol.

    Reply
    • Anonymous says

      August 24, 2011 at 4:59 pm

      Yes, it’s a good one. Thanks for sending it!

      Reply
  2. Grace Kane says

    August 24, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    Still sounds great to me:) Wonder where I got that….lol.

    Reply
  3. Linda says

    August 24, 2011 at 4:30 pm

    Very nice…thank you.

    Linda

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    • Anonymous says

      August 24, 2011 at 5:00 pm

      You’re welcome, Linda. We both have Grace to thank for it. THANK YOU GRACE!

      Reply
  4. Cindy Morris Saenz Baltazar says

    August 26, 2011 at 8:37 am

    This is a good one and I agree, very true! Thank you Grace for sharing it and Jeane for posting it for all of us to read. This one is definitely going in my journal as well. Thanks, Take Care, Cin =)

    Reply
    • Anonymous says

      August 26, 2011 at 4:34 pm

      It’s nice that we all can share in this way. Pretty amazing, isn’t it?

      Reply

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About High Road Artist IMG 9461 150x150I am Jeane George Weigel, a working artist living in the mountains of northern New Mexico, and I do not think you and I are so different.

Every single one of us longs to know what we ache for, to “follow our bliss” as Joseph Campbell famously put it. You may find yours as an artist, a writer, or a teacher. But I am convinced we all yearn to live what is in our hearts. Some of us spend a lifetime discovering what that is. Some never find it.

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