thoughts and quotes on letting go

various and sundry wisdom from the net. not my words...

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"To let go isn't to forgot, not to think about, or ignore. It doesn't leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or regret. Letting go isn't about winning or losing. It's not about pride and it's not about how you appear, and it's not obsessing or dwelling on the past. Letting go isn't blocking memories or thinking sad thoughts, and doesn't leave emptiness, hurt, or sadness. It's not about giving in or giving up. Letting go isn't about loss and it's not about defeat. To let go is to cherish the memories, but to overcome and move on. It is having an open mind confidence in the future. Letting go is learning and experiencing and growing. To let go is to be thankful for the experiences that made you laugh, made you cry, and made you grow. It's about all that you have, all that you had, and all that you will soon gain. Letting go is having the courage to accept change, and the strength to keep moving. Letting go is growing up. It is realizing that the heart can sometimes be the most potent remedy. To let go is to open a door, and to clear a path and set yourself free."

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"There would come a time when we have to stop loving someone not because that person started hating us but because we found out that they'd be happier if we let them go..."

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"It's really painful to say goodbye to someone else that you don't want to let go, but it's even more painful to ask someone to stay if you can never make the relationship work out the way it should."

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"You didn't have to treat me the way that you did but I didn't have to go along with it. There's no excuse for what you did to me and there's no excuse for why I continue to let it happen. So the only thing that can make it any better is for me to just move on."

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"I'm learning to live without you now, but I miss you sometimes. The more I know, the less I understand. All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning again." - Don Henley, 'The Heart of the Matter'

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"Some people think that it's holding on that makes you strong, but sometimes it's just letting go."

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"I'd rather chew on broken glass than keep on living in the past and wasting time on words I know you didn't mean."

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"It took me a while to understand the beauty of just letting go."

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"Time makes feelings fade."

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"You can make it without them if you did before they came."

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"The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches."

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"To truly love is to have the courage to walk away and let the one who wishes to be free go. No matter how much it hurts."

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"Sometimes you meet certain people, that can touch your soul in certain ways most people can't. But you have to let them go because you realize that it just isn't the best time in your life for them to come. It seems like you meet the perfect people just when you can't handle them."

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"Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go." - Herman Hesse

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"Freedom comes when you learn to let go." - Madonna

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"She's not. She's a human traffic accident and everybody is slowing down to look at the wreckage. She's doing the best she can with what she has left. Look I know you can't see this because you're in it. But you can't help her now, it'll only make it worse. Now walk away and leave her to mend." - Grey's Anatomy

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"And so it finally happened. My poor, twelve-year-old heart finally crumbled into a little pile of dust and blew away. It was over. I was never going to get her back. It was time for a little self-respect. It was time to let go. Time to move on." - The Wonder Years