Letting Go

Sometimes you just have to let go. You have to remind yourself more often that you can't be in control of everything, and it's okay. Let's face it, worrying about things doesn't help much. Sure, a healthy awareness of your surroundings and life situations is important for daily functioning and responsibility, but how does it help us, or anyone we care about, if we're staying awake at night with stress, or wandering about our day in a state of worry? It doesn't. 

So why is it so hard to let go of what concerns us. To a certain degree, I suppose it's just human nature. Some would argue if our faith in G-d is strong enough, we can let go and know G-d will take care of us and provide. I don't buy it. I believe in G-d, my faith is not the issue here. Belief in G-d, in my opinion, does not mean believing all good things will happen. I suppose it means, no matter what happens, G-d will look out for us. But my intention here was not to talk about religion or G-d. It's about letting go.

Today, I am going to make an extra effort to release some worry about things not in my control.