When is it time to admit failure and let go? There comes a point in ever fight that you have to decide if it’s worth it. It’s a breaking point. We all have them. When it comes, we make a simple choice… dig in for the long haul or let go. Letting go … it has a bad rap. When we think of the titans of industry, we think of people that never gave up; that persevered through all adversity. We celebrate their steadfastness and it’s after them we model ourselves.
However, there is a difference between giving up and letting go. Semantics you say? Truly not. Giving up lends to just dropping a goal and walking away, shoulders slumped and head bowed. Letting go is giving your best and realizing that what you’ve reached for is not right for you or in your best interest. Letting go means you’ve given it all you have and frankly, it may not have been a good choice from the onset.
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us”~ Joseph Campbell
What part of your life are you hindering by clinging to a lost cause? Yes, it ‘s hard. It’s painful. It’s sucks. Nevertheless, what waits for you beyond that mountain of regret? What level of success can be achieved by the simple act of liberation? Yes, liberation. Release your grip on what is holding you back. It’s time to be brutally frank. Look in the mirror and face what’s in your life that holds you prisoner. Haven’t you lived in misery long enough? How many times will you start the day by opening your eyes, and heaving a sigh because it’s time to face another day? Let go of what keeps you from moving forward.
Easier said than done? Well, no kidding. If it were easy, you’d have already done it. Letting go equals change. Change equals fear. Fear means stagnation, and that leads to misery. Why would you make a choice for a miserable life? Let go. Stop being a wuss. Let go.
The future is yours to explore. Let go.
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Stagnation is in reality a falsehood. Life pushes forward, with or without ones approval. The best we can hope for is to have a sliver of opportunity to steer things in a direction that we should be going. While we all may be prisoners in this life as we know it, fortunately or not, we are prisoners with access to the keys as well.