Letting Go – Day 22
30 Days of Letting Go Day 22
By Jenny Griffin
Letting Go through Crisis: Colleen and Adrian
This week we’ll be looking at people’s stories of letting go through what could be described as crises. Some are illnesses, some financial difficulties, and others are breakdowns of relationships. Some are taken from personal interviews, while others are people’s stories that have inspired me throughout the past few years, and I hope they will also inspire you.
Colleen and Adrian are a married couple from Australia with 2 teenaged children. She is a teacher and he is a fire fighter, and a few years ago they let go of a furniture business they’d had together for 10 years. They had owned and run their business for a while when they were approached by another couple who had an import business and wanted to combine forces. Things checked out with the solicitors and accountants, so they agreed, but after several years they discovered inconsistencies in the bookkeeping, complaints of abuse by the staff, and even drug problems. By then, the business partnership had fallen apart. In order to get out, Colleen and Adrian had to leave behind a huge part of the business they’d spent ten years building, and walk away without a profit.
Following are some key points from an interview with the couple about the process of letting go.
JG: After you left the partnership, what happened?
C: We went through solicitors – they tried to get more out of the business… the mediation process went quickly because we were willing to just walk away – we didn’t want the abuse at the end of the day – they always abused each other so they were used to dealing with tricky methods.
