Letting Go

SHE LET GO…

As we say adios to 2011, reflecting on what is past, envisioning what lies ahead, and cultivating Presence and gratitude in the Now, this beautiful poem (below) was sent to me by Michael Sudheer (check out his website for fabulous photos of San Miguel de Allende). I share with you these profound words and my wishes for your experience in 2012 to be that of abundant health, joy, love; and that you inhabit your dreams!

 

 

She Let Go
Without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of fear.
She let go of judgments.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons.
Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She didn’t ask anyone for advice.
She didn’t read a book on how to let go.
She just let go.
She let go of all the memories that held her back.
She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.
She didn’t promise to let go.
She didn’t journal about it.
She  didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer.
She made no public announcement.
She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.
She just let go.
She didn’t analyze whether she should let go.
She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn’t utter one word.
She just let go.
No one was around when it happened.
There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.
Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.
There was no effort.  There was no struggle.  It wasn’t good.  It wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her.
And the sun and the moon shone forevermore.
Here’s to giving ourselves the gift of letting go…
There’s only one guru ~ you.

Dr. Ernest Holmes
Founder, Science of Mind

8 Comments Letting Go

  1. Susan Cobb December 31, 2011 at 7:19 am

    Thanks for sharing this. It is a perfect ending, a perfect beginning.

  2. kitty December 31, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    just WOW!!!!

  3. Simone Lamont December 31, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    How perfectly beautiful, movingly simple and incredibly appropriate for me in this moment. Thank you for reminding me of the the Angel hairs connecting all of us. We’re individual, yet sharing so many of the same experiences and having those experiences affect us in such similar ways…..it’s good to hold hands with so many on New Year’s Eve. May your transition to 2012 be magical and exceed your dreams Aysha. With love and gratitude, Simone xoxox

  4. nicki January 1, 2012 at 10:13 am

    This is perfectly on point. Our own guru in ultimate. The wonderful thing about this two is that it is just that easy and can be done NOW! Thank you thank you Aysha.

  5. Linda January 2, 2012 at 9:36 am

    Thanks for sharing Aysha! As I was reading this poem, it became clear to me what my goal for this New Year will be.

    I did not know who to become.

    I have held on to my pain, a sense of my identity, far beyond its ability to serve me. Holding all this stress in my mind and body, created serious health issues, yet I felt & accepted it to be the norm.

    My struggle has taken too much effort.

    I am sabotaging myself with past regrets & imaginary fears of the future. I can’t change the past. I did the best I could. I was as good, loving, & effective as I could have been. I couldn’t do anything differently because that’s who I was & it’s what I knew then.

    I have to let go.

    This new year I will develop new beliefs. Hopefully the world will respond in kind as I create more empowering & positive responses in myself . I believe I will slowly begin to feel safe & that the universe has my back.

    I am going to become my own guru!

  6. Aysha Griffin January 2, 2012 at 10:11 am

    I love your response to “Let Go”, and I love you! Tears fill my eyes, my friend, at reading your willingness. I know only good, more love, and more support will come to you from this intention. YES YES YES! Huge cyberhugs and soon to be in person!

  7. Nancy January 10, 2012 at 9:12 am

    I just had time to sit down and read over some of my favorite blogs. We returned from a stay at our home in Santa Fe. I quit my job last June just “because”. Because I want to enjoy my life, because I love the new path my life will take in Santa Fe, and because I just turned 60 last week! I can’t believe it. It doesn’t seem possible. I absolutely connected with the poem, I can’t begin any day without a list which gives me such satisfaction to check off. I am an extreme planner and analyzer, so much, that it robs me of joy sometimes. I remember your surprise that I was not excited about buying my home. I wasn’t, just had that worry knot in my tummy. I know that my worry and fear overwhelm me, and I will work on changing their hold on me. I love the poem and will print it off to hang by my desk. Happy New Year to you!
    Nancy (your client from MN)

  8. Aysha Griffin January 10, 2012 at 9:32 am

    Nancy, Thank you for sharing this wonderful news that you have “taken charge” of your life, decided to make new choices that give you more joy, and are more aware of what inhibits that. I think the truth and beauty of the poem, “She Let Go,” is in the fact that we don’t have to “work on changing” our imbedded patterns of worry – nor, indeed, is it possible that “working” on them will change them. We need to simply see them, as you do, and let them go, and experience our daily moments in the world without the worry and fear. Life, then, is more joyful and loving… and isn’t that what we all want? May you experience lots of that this year, and in all your years to come!

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