What does 'letting go' or 'surrendering' really mean?
Darrielle Maree- May 6, 2018
- 2 min read
When I was in the depths of my depression, I cannot tell you how annoyed I would get when various people who I dearly looked up to would keep telling me to 'let go'. I became increasingly irritated because in my mind letting go meant giving up on my dreams for my family, to completely stop trying and to admit defeat in sadness. It felt so wrong at the time for me to even contemplate this thought...it was painful.
After a lot of soul searching and healing from within, I have come to create a new meaning for the term 'letting go' which I would love to share.
To me, letting go creates space. Space for the miracles and dreams to enter. Things that I could only have dreamt about in the past that I pushed so terribly hard for and tried to control like crazy, have now started to fall in my lap....without effort.
It means to stop pushing when things feel like a struggle, to stop the control that creates complete exhaustion, to cease doing things that make me feel imbalanced, guilt or resentful.
For years I pushed every boundary possible because I believed in a future for my family that was different to my reality. But I did it all in a place of desperation, of imbalance, of complete obsessive control.
It's about really checking in with everything we are doing in our lives. Ask ourselves, does this feel good or bad to me? If it feels bad, then either change it or drop it completely. If it feels good then keep doing it.
Surrendering means allowing and trusting the power of your beliefs. No amount of struggle will attract what we dearly want, only when we can be aware of how we feel, will we attract what we really desire.
Darrielle x
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