In the quietness of her being, she released her grip on the should’s and the could’s… On every heavy stone that had piled upon her chest. She let go. Without a whisper and without the faintest trace of hesitation, she just let go. She released the fear, the gnawing, clawing fear that had burrowed so deeply into her thoughts it seemed a part of her. She let go of those sharp, pointed accusations thrown from within and without. The myriad opinions that buzzed like a hive of bees around her, each one stinging with its own version of 'truth', she released them all. She stepped away from the jury of indecision. That noisy gathering of doubts that convened in the chambers of her mind, deliberating over every decision she dared to dream. She let go of all the perfect reasons. The well-intentioned motives that had masked themselves as her aspirations, the ones that had nudged her along a path not her own.
Utterly and completely, she let go. No counsel sought, no wisdom borrowed from pages or prophets. She didn’t comb through sacred texts or seek the coded messages in the stars. She let go of the burdensome memories, those anchors that tethered her to a past painted with regrets. The anxieties that whispered of future failures, the meticulous plans littered with precise calculations, she dropped them by the wayside. No promises were made, no entries marked in her calendar. No grand declarations voiced. The day she let go, there was no forecast checked, no astrological charts consulted. She didn’t ponder the merits of her release. No conference calls, no spiritual rituals. No prayer. She didn’t reach for support or validation. Not a single word was spoken.
It was a solitary act, unnoticed. No applause echoed in her ears, no voices raised in praise. The world took no heed. It was effortless, this letting go. No struggle, no contention. It simply was. Neutral, without labels. In her newfound space of freedom, the sun and the moon continued their dance in the sky, casting a light that was both new and endlessly ancient. And, in that space, she let it all be.
Love, Liz
(Your Daughter)
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