The Importance of Letting Go

For example, how many times have you had an “evil” teacher or a boss give you a bad grade or yell at you at work, or push you, and how many times did their prodding and pushing create an environment from which you simply HAD to run, you HAD to do something to change your life, because what they created for you was a very sharp nail, on which you no longer could sit. Sometimes the worst people on our path are the best thing that could every happen to us, as they push us in the right direction and teach us by doing so.

So it’s incredibly important for you to forgive them, NOT FOR THEIR SAKE, but for your very own, because whatever you think of them doesn’t matter to them. What matters is what YOU THINK about any given situation, and if you STOP DWELLING on the past, if you stop living in that moment of pain, but release the TRIGGER and move on with your life, you will no longer be plagued by these painful memories. Another example of letting go of the trigger would be you were dating someone, and you had a special song, you then had a terrible fight and broke up, say you loved that person at that time and thought you couldn’t be without them, but you broke up, years went by and all of a sudden you found yourself listening to this song on the radio.. IF you did not deal with your emotions back then and did not let go of all the perceived pain and suffering that you went through when you broke up, that song on the radio will start to tear you apart again. But should you have let go of all the painful emotions and simply looked at it as a very interesting experience that you’ve had that propelled your soul further you would then have listened to this song and either not paid attention to it at all, or had a bitter sweet smile on your face remembering the past for a moment, being grateful for that experience and moving on with your day without being paralyzed with anger, sadness and self pity.