Letting Go

Letting go of things not meant for us is one of the hardest things to do. We are programed to hold on to every hurt, every slight, everything thing we think we’ve done wrong. Biologically holding onto pain was helpful; we were then able to learn from our mistakes and make sure the same bad thing didn’t happen again. When you are talking about fighting saber tooth tigers and your life expectancy was 21 that was a useful tool for humans. Now is different, and yet we still try to survive the same way. We aren’t fighting saber tooth tigers anymore, we are trying to manage this new world of relationships in a way that has never been done before. Most of us don’t have to do back breaking work from sun up til sun down without the aide of machines and tools. We are no longer down by the river squeezing out our laundry all day. It is now safe for us to let go of old pain. This doesn’t mean we forget lessons we have learned, just that we stop letting the past hurt us in the present. By putting down the pain we can fill that space with love, we can interact in new ways that help us feel peace in our lives, we can grow into the best versions of ourselves. The first step is saying our pain out loud. There is a lot of power in verbally releasing pain from our bodies. If you need help, if you need someone to talk to please call and make your appointment today.