The Power of Letting Go

By on July 7, 2009 in Balance

 

There is great power in letting go but the first step is having the power within yourself to actually do it. I am speaking of the things that no longer serve us. This could be attachments to food, alcohol, relationships, work, the internet, or just daily habits that get in our way of happiness. 

In order to the have the power to let go, we have to admit that there is an unhealthy attachment. It is easy to deny this by saying, “I don’t need that chocolate” and then having to have it every day. OR “My friend’s behavior leaves me feeling empty,” and then continuing to spend time with that person. What I am saying here is that when we talk ourselves out of the truth and rationalize our behavior, we are fooling ourselves.

This keeps us in the same place because we have not faced what is really happening. 

The growth comes in admitting that we have an attachment or behavior that is real, is affecting us and is not helpful for our growth. Just facing this is the beginning of the letting go. 

There are books and exercises and tools to help us let go of behaviors that don’t serve us.

But in the end the true power is in these words – “It’s time to move on – and doing it!”

 

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A pioneer and trailblazer for positive media messaging; author, inspiring public speaker, entrepreneur, and visionary broadcast producer and host, Patricia Raskin, M.Ed. has given voice through the airwaves to help people overcome obstacles and challenges in their lives to help make their dreams come true!
 
Before it was popular to use media as the platform to deliver messages of optimism and hope for the future, Patricia took to the airwaves and led the way with her “positive living” television programs in a small town in Massachusetts in the mid-1980s. She was convinced that if she could deliver the message and the methods to an audience of viewers and listeners, that she could be the catalyst for positive change in the lives of others – a vision that is her life’s work, and that which gave birth to the Positive Living™ radio talk show franchise, one of the nation’s most popular, lifestyle destination radio programs – online, on air, and on demand.
 
Along the way, she has written two books, Success, Your Dream and You and Pathfinding: Seven Principles for Positive Living, produced and hosted over 500 television shows and documentaries interviewed nearly 900 radio guests, and written 700 newspaper columns. Her message is simple: You can turn your obstacles into opportunities and challenges into solutions and make your dreams come true.
 
Her programs have aired on FOX, PBS affiliates, Citadel Broadcast Company, WTKF and the NPR affiliate, Public Radio East in North Carolina. True to herself that media should be used for better things than negative news and information, Patricia continues to share her vision with the world with her online social networking website www.patriciaraskin.com, her personal blog post and monthly e-newsletter. Patricia is the epitome of the definition of the 21st Century’s media phrase, platform agnostic – any time, anywhere – for living life to the fullest!
 
Patricia has a Bachelor’s degree from Lesley College and a Masters Degree in Counseling from Salem State College. She resides in Southern New England, where her radio program can be heard for two hours each Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. (ET) on 630WPRO, 99.7 FM, and around the world on www.630wpro.com. Positive Living™ can also be heard Mondays, from 2 to 3 p.m. (ET) on www.voiceamerica.com

 

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The Power of Letting Go

By on January 6, 2009 in Happiness








As 2008 came to an end, I decided I needed an anchor intent for 2009, and being at this intersection of my life there was a blaring arrow sign, blinking and  pointing me in the direction as to what that should be; “Letting Go”. For the very first time in my life, I am realizing the true power of letting go. All this time I thought I had the right to hold on to all the pain I’ve encountered, the loss the universe hands out and that sadness was something I could continue to strangle just to keep close to my heart. So, as I sat contemplating the how I could make letting go something I could actually do, learning to ride a bike in my grandmother’s pomegranate orchard came to mind.

I vividly recall the fear I felt every time my cousin would let me go on my own. I smashed into the dirt, crashed into trees and ended up bloody, dirty and sore. I even remember wanting to give up but that last time, as my cousin ran alongside me, holding me steady and straight I said, “Let go!” It was that try, that moment that I did not fall. I kept going and have been riding bikes ever since. These days I often ride my bike along the ocean and I never think about the pain I went through learning, I only enjoy the breeze on my skin as I glide along and enjoy the world I’m passing through. I have never let the falls keep me from bike riding but I will never forget how I learned.

This year, my intent is to realize the power there is in letting go and just enjoy the ride.

 

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2 Responses to The Power of Letting Go

  1. Mr.McGoo January 5, 2009 at 11:24 pm #

    GOOD ON YOU, ENJOY THE FLIGHT!!!

    …. indeed, nothing has ever happened to us, nothing is happening to us now and nothing will happen to us in the future. Everything that has happened to us, is happening to us and will happen to us in the future, is happening to us right now, in this very moment. It is not our history and experience that grounds us, but our thoughts and emotions we attach to them. I am reminded of one of my favourite poems: Our Deepest Fear: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us most. Playing small does not serve the world.

    There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will feel secure around you. We are all meant to shine as children. It is not just in some of us; it is in all of us.

    As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same. We are liberated from our own fear. Our presence automatically liberates others."

    All meaningul and lasting change comes from within. Courageously and fearlessly go deep with ……….in before going farther and higher with ….out (attachment).

    ENJOY THE FLIGHT and JOURNEY, WHEREVER and WHENEVER IT TAKES YOU!!!!

    BLESSINGS, LOVE and PEACE!!!

  2. krogman January 6, 2009 at 8:09 pm #

    I feel like letting go of everything.