2,179 Quotes About Letting-go

You think you've stopped crying And then the blues come back, You wonder what brought them: The red pen? The wind in the yard? The plaid shirt in the bank? Your buried grief seeps to the surface, Like oil under tar sands. Let it go. It's the rich black residue of the past, Dead life becomes this stuff that sticks to the soles of your feet, Welling up when it damned well pleases. Let it go.

...it is impossible to accept anything from God when you're holding on tightly to something else, even if it's your own pride. Receiving one thing new always requires the letting go of something else.

We get franticin our loving.The distance between Santa Fe and Albuquerqueshifts and changes.It is moments;it is years.I am next to youin skin and bloodand then I am not.I tremble and graspat the edges ofmyself; I let gointo you.

Friend, you need to believe in something much bigger than yourself. You have to let go.

You poor kids! You talking children, that don't know anything about anything that matters! Don't you see? I can't play either of your games. I'm ME! I'm going to be me! Oh, if you do love me a little, let me be me! Good-by.

Surrendering is not the giving up of something. True surrender is the total acceptance of yourself.You're not 'losing' anything in the surrender, the way your society usually means that word. You are not giving up anything in the sense of loss. Surrender means to open up: Open up to your total self; to give in and let go of the things you think you're supposed to be. Just be who you are. It will see you through.

Meditation isThe practice of letting goOf life each momentEach in breath followed by out,Receiving life, letting goPractice letting go,Then when death knocks on your doorYou’ll invite him in

It's not always the fear of losing themthat scares usit's that we have given themso many of our piecesthat we fear losingparts of uswhen they are gone.

There is absolutely no beauty in holding onto something that you're supposed to let go of.