Let Go of the Old, Excerpt from Road Signs for the Journey Newsletter, by Sharon Walls

As you look back over the past year, remember the situations that, at the time seemed like such a problem or issue, maybe even a disaster. Looking back at it now, can you see a blessing?

Date:   1/23/2008 10:21:44 AM   ( 16 y ) ... viewed 2084 times

 

What an important time to release and let go, to leave our fears and negativity behind. We can make a conscious choice to rid ourselves of the old pictures in our heads of what is possible and what is appropriate, and replace them with a new way of seeing ourselves and our world. As we leave our fears, limitations, and negative pictures behind, we can appreciate our lives where they are now and look to the future with new vision.

As you look back over the past year, remember the situations that, at the time seemed like such a problem or issue, maybe even a disaster. Looking back at it now, can you see a blessing?

That difficult person who seems to dislike you so much and to give you so much grief, can you contemplate forgiving them? Can you see them through the eyes of kindness and forgiveness? Can you just let them be who they are, and let go? Can you find one thing in your relationship to appreciate? Can you see a way that they may be mirroring back to you something about yourself?

I am not asking you to go deep, and forgive that person who abused you as a child; I am talking about that person in your department who steals your ideas, the person you have to deal with even if only once in a while who doesn’t do what they say they will and leaves you holding the bag, the rude clerk at the grocery store, the kid who cut you off in traffic while talking on a cell phone and then made a rude gesture. Are you ready to release it and let it go?

And finally, as you look back over the year, is there anything you need to forgive yourself for? Was there a promise you made that you didn’t keep? Did you give in to bad habits? Were you unkind when you knew intuitively that kindness was called for? Did you steal an idea, create delays in the project at hand, gossip, undercut a co-worker or acquaintance, or tell a lie? Now is the time to forgive yourself and let it go.

This is good journal work. Write down what you wish to release and let go of. Write down what habits you wish to leave behind. Write down the fears that are holding you back. As you write it down, declare your willingness to release it and let it go. Do a few rounds of EFT on the items on your list that have the biggest emotional charge for you.

List everything you are ready to release. Then go back through the list, and add more. Say to yourself, “I am willing to change. I am willing to forgive myself and others. I am ready to let it go.”

Then tear out that piece of paper, crumple it up and toss it away. Or rip it to shreds and toss it in the trash. Better yet, take it outside and burn it. Let the ashes scatter to the wind.

Gone for good.



Thanks to:

Sharon Walls

Road Signs for self help and personal development

http://www.swroadsigns.com     - Newsletter is free.

Sharon@swroadsigns.com

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