The Slow and Gentle Art of Letting Go

Having the need to let go does not make you ungrateful. Honouring your path and doing what it takes does not make you selfish. Visualising, wishing and feeling into your desires does not diminish your current reality. Nothing around us is going to change until we have the courage to romance the desires whispering from with in. Nothing is going to change until we make the choice to explore the uncomfortable lies we tell ourselves, and eventually let them go.

Imagine if we entertained these desires as much as we entertained the thoughts that held us back?

Unlocking the potential that is screaming from within will not make you a bad mother, however, time and time again we buy into the story that a good mother gives and gives until she has nothing left. That a good mother sacrifices her sense of self after the physical birth of her child is done.

I have stared wistfully out the window into the garden of my desires and been pulled back by thoughts, thoughts that I allow to sew seeds of doubt that creep into my days and nights. Thoughts that have kept me trapped leaning into the noise of the world around me, the noise that tells me that a good mother stays small in the overwhelm of motherhood.

Somewhere in the overwhelm is simplicity, and through the art of release we can sift through our self-conscious and slowly come home to self.

Letting go may look like saying “No” when you feel it in your gut.

Letting go may be a physical declutter.

Letting go may be the choice to be a little more mindful and choosing to honour spiritual practice.

Letting go may look like forgiveness of self and others.

Letting go may be honesty.

Letting go may be release of the emotions you have trapped inside.

What ever it may look like for you the choice to let go will clear the pathway that leads towards a slower and more simple existence. With practice, the art of honouring self and letting go of what no longer serves will give you a inner freedom that unlocks your desires.

‘ I Let go of anything that no longer serves my higher good. I listen to and honour the voice within. I take time to honour my inner desires. I choose all aspects of self. I am worthy.”

What is something you will let go of today?

H x