Learning To Let Go

If you’re not part of someone’s path to learning, they will not learn from you, and this will not change no matter how much you think they need to learn something.

It Seems Like A Good Day For It

While it may be some time before I can completely set down all my baggage, it’s as good as time as any to start setting down what I can.

Something I Realized Once I Started Setting Some Of It Down

So while my environment has been pretty good lately, I’ve also had reason of late to consider the effects of my past upon my present. We all have baggage, and I’m not saying mine is any heavier than anyone else’s . . . but I am tired of carrying so much of it around.

Sometimes I’ve Still Shouted Anyway Though

I’m the first to admit that I don’t always treat things as water under the bridge as easily as I would like. Truth be told, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time contemplating the river from the bridge, but at least I’ve wasted very little time shouting at the water expecting the river to change course.

Which Means I’m Running Out Of Time

Letting go of things isn’t my strong suit, and given how bad I am at it now, sometimes it frightens me how much better I am at it these days than in years past. My current goal is to actually be decent at letting things go before my son hits his official teenager years.

So Maybe It Was A Fair Cop After All

Yesterday my family held a (mostly tongue-in-cheek) intervention with me where they expressed their concerns that I’ve been having difficulty “letting things go” lately.

Me?  Having trouble letting things go?  Me?

I was up half the night trying to figure out why they’d say something like that . . .

(I’m kidding, of course . . . mostly.)

One Of The Reasons For My Upcoming Hiatus

It’s easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.

– Roger von Oech