Letting Go – Day 4

So let’s break it down into letting go (that is the theme of this challenge, after all). The clouds, formed initially by moisture and uplift, release the heavier droplets (ice) because of the laws of gravity. Put simply, drop anything that feels heavy. Imagine if the atmosphere became clogged with ice clouds (as scientifically improbable as that is), the Earth would not survive for long. Imagine if the lightning had nowhere to find ground, and the static electricity built up until the stratosphere imploded in a fiery blast of heat and light. Extreme, yes, improbable, absolutely, but when we take this analogy down to a human level, it doesn’t sound quite so ridiculous. Why do we expect ourselves to carry around old hurts, old patterns or old beliefs that are causing a build-up of pressure, discomfort or uncertainty any more than we expect it of a storm cloud?

The energy that flows through nature is the same energy that flows through our bodies, in many forms. Emotions are only one of the ways that we as humans express our responses to the world around us. If we don’t express them, what happens to them? Have you ever lashed out in anger and felt afterwards that you didn’t know where it came from? Have you ever broken down in a fit of sobbing after a particularly stressful or uncomfortable time in your life? Something has to give. Just like the lightning finds ground, we need to let go of the things that no longer serve us, lest we become wayward blasts of static electricity just waiting to happen.