The waves of letting go

We usually don’t want to let go because we value something at stake- our comfort zone, our “rightness,” or a season of a relationship we have loved.

An inherent loss comes from letting go, which can bring any wave of emotions and body sensations like sadness, regret, or fear, to name a few. Sometimes the wave is small, sometimes it is big. Sometimes it crashes with force and power quickly, sometimes it softly and slowly disappears back into the ocean as a gradual process of the flow. Our job is not to control the wave; our work is to notice it, be present with it, and work with it, not against it, so we can go over it, under it, or ride it.

The beauty of releasing control is that it frees us up to dance with the beautiful waves of joy, ease, freedom, contentment, and wonder as well. We are meant to experience the vast ocean of life, becoming like it, undisturbed by the little details of what is coming and going because we are a part of the overall flow, knowing our role is to surrender.

Where can you let go so you can be and allow the flow?