Frozen Thoughts - Jan 2012 - Learn to let go. Let go gracefully - Sujatha V

"Courage is the power to let 

go of the familiar" - Raymond Lindquist

Frozen Thoughts - Jan 2012

 

Learn to let go. Let go gracefully

 

Oh, what fun it is to furnish your house! It starts from the functionality of the house - I'll get up here, move around like this; I'll need this here, etc. etc. Once the functionality is in place, I want the ambiance of the house to be unique. This curtain, that sofa and those cushions will look nice. Oh, that painting in the middle should have this theme, and the list is endless. r sweat for months together to make the house I saw in my mind. After so much hard work, the house finally becomes a home exactly as I had visualised it or even better, and the date for grahapravesh (housewarming) is fixed.

 

On the day of the grahapravesh, I don't even have the time to eat as there are a lot of last minute things to attend to before the guests arrive. When the function starts, I step out to buy a bouquet. I go back, hand over the bouquet to the owner of the house, wish him luck and walk out gracefully, for I know it's no longer mine. The next day I feel as though a part of me is missing.

 

But life moves on, and along comes the next project - I'll get up here, move around like this; I'll need this here, etc. etc. In life, anything that begins will end one day. We have got this etched into our system when it comes to our career. We can't keep sitting in the 1st standard because we like it. 1st standard will begin and it'll end one day. We know very well that it'll end soon, So it doesn't pain much. We have prepared our mind to let go of 1st standard when we go to the next standard, to let go of that class teacher when we meet the next class teacher,
to let go of that position in office when we take higher roles, let go of that employee when decides to leave...

The big question is - do we extend this to aspects of life? Yes, you love dancing. Your heart dances when you dance. But, are you prepared to let go dance when it's time to leave? Perhaps because some physical illness or some situation or your age, you can't continue to dance. Do you have the maturity to let go gracefully?

 

Yes, you brought up your son. You shaped every inch of him. It's 25 years of your sweat, and standing before you is a handsome you' man. Now he has a mind of his own. He has made plans for his future, "If you still hold on your perception that he is mine, he'll do what I want him to do", then you'll feel the pain.

 

Are we prepared to let go gracefully? Its definitely not an easy thing to do.

 

Sometimes it's a relationship,

Sometimes it's a skill,

Sometimes it's your beliefs,

Sometimes it's your own small world...

 

It definitely pains.

 

We are very clear when it comes to our career. If we can only extend this understanding to every aspect of life, our life will be a lot more peaceful. There is nothing that is permanently yours. Anything that begins will end one day. The only thing we can do is to live every minute enjoying every bit of what we have so that it doesn't hurt much when we have to let it go.

 

Learn to let go. Let go gracefully.

- Frozen Thoughts - Jan -2012.