Letting go takes love

Letting go does not mean to stop caring; it means I can’t take responsibility for someone else.

Letting go is not cutting others off, but realizing I can’t control others.

Letting go is not enabling but allowing others to learn from natural consequences.

Letting go is admitting powerlessness, which means the outcome is not mine.

Letting go is not trying to change or blame another; it is making the most of myself.

Letting go is not to care for but rather to care about others.

Letting go is not to diagnose but to support.

Letting go is not judging others but is allowing them to be a fallible human being.

Letting go refuses to arrange or guarantee results and allows others to make choices that determine their destinies.

Letting go refuses to protect others from reality but encourages one to face the facts.

Letting go refuses to nag, scold, or argue, instead searching out my shortcomings and correcting them.

Letting go is not regretting the past but growing and living for the future.

Letting go is fearing less and loving more.

Dr. Gary R. Sweeten

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