So, fine. It’s all good and well to talk about letting go or giving up one thing in service of a better life, but how does one go about letting go? Good question. Letting go is a process of being able to tolerate the undesirable feelings associated with the change. For some people it is being able to live with the fact that others are envious. Too many of us, especially women, want to be liked. So if someone is envious, we’d rather not feel that even if it means we won’t have what we say we want. For others it may be that we have lived in a perpetual state of deprivation. The abundance of good in our life can feel overwhelming. Can you live with the pit in your stomach as you adjust to the new life? You may easily say yes, but it’s not in the words, it’s being able to live it.
Try doing something that feels good to you. See what feelings and thoughts come up after you’ve done something nice for yourself. Do you feel guilt? Are you embarrassed? Can you live with that for awhile and practice growing with these uncomfortable emotions? If you start with small steps, you can build the life you want from there.
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