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The Hardest Part of Holding On Is Letting Go

By Ken Savage | May 22, 2006
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To “let go” means not to worry about the future, but look forward to what might happen

To “let go” does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else.

To “let go” is not to cut myself off, it’s the realization I can’t control another.

To “let go” is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.

To “let go” is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.

To “let go” is not to try to change or blame another, it’s to make the most of myself.

To “let go” is not to care for, but to care about.

To “let go” is not to fix, but to be supportive.

To “let go” is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.

To “let go” is not to be in the middle arranging the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.

To “let go” is not to be protective, it’s to permit another to face reality.

To “let go” is not to deny, but to accept.

To “let go” it not to intrude, worry or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings, and correct them.

To “let go” is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

To “let go” is to fear less, and love more.

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28 Responses to “The Hardest Part of Holding On Is Letting Go”

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    Tiffany Says:

    I was in a relationship with a boy for 4 years. i loved him with my whole heart. he was my bestfriend. we did everything other, then one day out of nowhere, he breaks up with me. I was devestated. I cried for months, i didnt sleep, i didnt eat, i didnt do anything besides cry. letting go isnt easy, but sometimes we just have to do it. Its hard enough to hold onto things, but tryin to hold onto something that isnt there, makes no sense. It took a long time, but i finally realized that love is about making someone happy. I just wanted him to be happy, so i let him go. I let him have his life. Do i miss him, yes every single day. But sometimes you just cant dwell on the past and just live for the future. We had a great 4 years together and ill carry those memories forever, but i think i owe it to myself to make new memories with someone else. There are somethings that you can change in life, but when it comes down to things you cant change, its just better off to leave them alone. letting go isnt something you can just do, it takes TIME. but in time things always get better. You dont forget, you just forgive, and make the best out of the life you have left.

  2. 27
    DALEDZ Says:

    LETTING GO IS BULLSHIT…..
    I LEARNED TO LAUGH, I LEARNED TO CRY,BUT WILL I EVER LEARN TO SAY GOODBYE.?

  3. 26
    DALEDZ Says:

    he SAID..HE LOVES ME..AND LETTING GO OF ME WOULD ME LIKE GOD TAKING HIS LIFE..I WOULD NOT WANT TO LET GO, BUT HE’S TELLING ME THAT IT IS’NT WORKING,.. ACCORDING TO HIM, HE WAS JUST BEING HONEST AND I MUST NOT FEEL SAD AND HOPELESS..I KNOW THINGS GONNA WORK AND THESE BULLSHIT ARGUEMENTS WILL SLOWLY FADE..HOPE I WOULD NOT AND WOULD NEVER END UP CRYING BECAUSE OF MY ONE TRUE LOVE..IT HURTS.. :[

  4. 25
    Shelly Says:

    My boyfriend cheated on me 2 months into our relationship. I’ve stayed with him but I never got over it, now I’m leaving, I’m letting him go. Its the hardest thing I have had to do in my entire life, I dont even know if i will make it through this. I cannot stay with him but being without him is just as bad. I just cannot live with what happened in the past.

  5. 24
    Alyssa Says:

    I am losing the love of my life. We have the kind of love that only exists once in a lifetime. Now he is leaving me. This is the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. We still love each other. What I can’t live with is all of the memories.. the memories that will never fade.. and could never be replaced. If he still loves me.. then why is he doing this? I just need to find a way to let go of the only thing that’s ever brought pure happiness to my life.

  6. 23
    Janyn Says:

    Hi oz40. I’m sorry your wife left you. My bf split with me two weeks ago and it’s been hard to let go. I was hanging on to the relationship for a bit, but decided to let him go completely. It hurts. I cried everyday for 2 weeks. And even now I’m bleeding in the inside. But I realize that if he’s the right one for me, he’ll be back. If he doesn’t come back then it was never meant to be.

  7. 22
    oz40 Says:

    how can I let go of someone who I still hope that she’ll come back

  8. 21
    oz40 Says:

    letting go is so hard. someone help me please my wife left me and I still love her.

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