Last week I wrote about the Gratitude - the first GRACE-ful step to reclaiming your big, bold life. Now that you have added gratitude to your daily life, you're ready to move on to GRACE-ful Step 2 - Release - Let it Go!
I bet you're holding on to all kinds of negative junk. The junk you're holding on to is cluttering
your mind and your path forward. Yeah,
that's the truth!
The things you hold on to, bear grudges or perhaps feel
angry and hurt about cloud your mind and prevent you from being the best you
can be.
They are baggage.
Heavy, overloaded baggage. The
kind you would pay extra for when you travel.
And the kind you are paying a hefty price for right now!
You’re so much more than
your old baggage.
It’s time to let it go.
You want to free yourself from your baggage and get on with
living. I know this from personal
experience.
I was holding on to junk that had been handed to me during a
violent relationship.
I had bags containing anger - at him, at me, at people who
should have rescued me.
I had bags containing guilt - my children saw some of the
bad stuff, my family kinda warned me and I didn't listen and these bags led to
new bags filled with: AnGer!
And so the spiral went and I truly believed this would be my
state of mind for the rest of my life. I
was a victim and victims are angry and depressed and guilty. Aren't they?
The things you hold onto, bear grudges or perhaps feel angry
and hurt about cloud your mind and prevent you from being the best you can be.
You don't need to know HOW to let go,
you just
need to be WILLING.
Action Steps & Worksheet:
Releasing & Letting Go begins with 2 questions:
What Do I Need to Let Go Of?
How Do I Benefit From Holding On?
Create a list of what you need to let go of and right beside each one, write down the reason you're holding on to that emotion, feeling, person, situation.
Be brutally honest with your Reason! Releasing and Letting Go will only happen when you're honest about your motivation for holding on.
The reason will be your aha moment! It will provide you with insight into your "why" and that's the moment you will begin to Let it Go!
Deep Breath - Let it Go - Smile - Repeat
Get My 5 GRACE-ful Steps to
Living a Big, Bold, Baggage-Free Life
Living a Big, Bold, Baggage-Free Life
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