People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Was it hard?' I ask.Letting go?'Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.
Nicholas Sparks.
And I have come to realize that he's just a guy, a special one maybe, but he's not mine. And I don't need to do things to make him love me. If he wanted to he would.
Unknown
At some point, as Richard keeps telling me, you gotta let go and sit still and allow contentment to come to you.Letting go, of course, is a scary enterprise for those of us who believe that the world revolves only because it has a handle on the top of it which we personally turn, and that if we we're to drop this handle for even a moment, we'll that would be the end of the universe. But try dropping it.Sit quietly for now and cease your relentless participation. Watch what happens. The birds do not crash dead out of the sky in midflight, after all. The trees do not wither and die, the rivers do not run red with blood. Life continues to go on. Why are you so sure that your micromanagement of every moment in this whole world is so essential? Why don't you let it be?
Elizabeth Gilbert
The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.
C.G. Jung
I used to have a sign pinned up on my wall that read: Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us...It was all about letting go of everything. p.7
Pema Chdrn
Detachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. 95
Stephen Levine
Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love but sometimes it was so hard to love.
Yann Martel
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