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<p><em>There I am: clenching with my white-knuckled fist, holding on with the grip of death. I can’t let go. Everything will fall apart if I let go. The branch is slipping through my fist, cutting into my skin as I try to hold on even tighter. I’m scared. Scared of falling. What kind of doom will I face? I….can’t….let….go…….</em></p>
<p><em>The branch slipped through my fingers and I was on my own. <img class="wp-image-1566 alignright" title="Letting Go" src="https://media.simplemindfulness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/climbers-hands.jpg" alt="Letting go" width="250" height="166" /> </em></p>
<p><em>But I didn’t fall.</em></p>
<p><em>Instead, I was buoyed up into the sky like a helium balloon, zooming upward.</em></p>
<p><em>I was flying!</em></p>
<p><em>And I was laughing!</em></p>
<p>This was a dream I had the other night.</p>
<h2>Fear Blocks The Flow</h2>
<p>While I’ve learned to let go and <a href="https://www.simplemindfulness.com/voices-in-my-head/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">trust my intuition</a> and the powers of the Universe in so many areas of my life, there’s one area where I’ve continued to struggle.</p>
<p>I’ve finally come to realize that by trying to control, gripping, and holding on so tightly, I’m blocking the flow. Blocking the great things waiting for me.</p>
<p>It’s time to let go.</p>
<p>Letting go is scary. Releasing our perceived control is frightening.</p>
<p>But what are we really scared of? That we can’t dictate the future? Newsflash: We never could.</p>
<h2>Receiving The Signs</h2>
<p>I was asking the Universe for signs, messages that could help me to understand what I need to do and feel to shift in this area of my life. That’s when I received this dream that I remember so vividly (I rarely remember my dreams).</p>
<p>At the same time, for no physical reason, I began to experience <a title="If It Hurts, Stop Doing It" href="https://www.simplemindfulness.com/if-it-hurts-stop-doing-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">intense back pain</a>. From working with this emotional issue before, I knew it was my monkey mind freaking out because I was demanding change in this area once and for all.</p>
<p>I meditated and focused on the pain in my body. I spoke to it to better understand what its message was for me. I spoke softly to it to reassure that crazy monkey that all would be well.</p>
<p>Just relax and let go.</p>
<p>It took almost a week for my crazed monkey mind to finally release its grip on my back. And it has taken another week before I could move freely in the ways my body is accustomed.</p>
<h2>The Process of Letting Go</h2>
<p>Whenever I feel my fears start to well up, I <a title="The Bold Life" href="http://theboldlife.com/2012/05/how-to-dream-take-action-and-go-for-the-bold-life/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">remember my dream </a>and repeat my positive mantra: There’s always more than enough. I am good enough to receive the best.</p>
<p>Letting go can be a process with baby steps. Or it can happen all at once. It simply depends on what we allow.</p>
<p>My mindful mind wants it to happen all at once because it’s all so silly. But my monkey mind continues to screech in protest. As I continue to remind the monkey that change is going to happen whether he likes it or not, he’s quieting down.</p>
<p>I’m letting go.</p>
<p>My mindful mind continues to flash the scene in my dream of me flying higher and higher, laughing the whole way.</p>
<p>I know it to be true. And it feels really, really good.</p>
<p>When I release my grip, when I trust in my Higher Self, when I let go and fly, the world changes and magic happens.</p>
<p>I can’t wait to see what wonders await me.</p>
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<p>SHE LET GO …. without a thought or a word, she let go.</p>
<p>She let go of the fear.</p>
<p>She let go of the judgments.</p>
<p>She let go of the opinions swarming around her head.</p>
<p>She let go of the committee of indecision within her.</p>
<p>She let go of all the “right” reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.</p>
<p>She didn’t ask for advice. She didn’t read a book on how to let go. She just let go.</p>
<p>She let go of all the memories that held her back.</p>
<p>She let go of all the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.</p>
<p>She let go of all the planning and all the calculation, about how to do it just right.</p>
<p>In the space of letting go, she let it all be. A smile came over her face. A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and moon shone forever more.</p>
<p><em>Written by Ernest Holmes (1887 – 1960)</em></p>
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<p>P.S. – Check out my guest post at <a title="Advanced Riskology" href="http://advancedriskology.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Advanced Riskology</a> that chronicles my journey from driven corporate accountant to happy, adventuring lover of life: <a title="My guest post at Advanced Riskology" href="http://advancedriskology.com/winding-happiness-journey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">My Long and Winding Journey To Happiness</a>. Leave a comment there and let me know what you think!</p>
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<p>Visit my <a href="https://www.simplemindfulness.com/books-programs/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.simplemindfulness.com/books-programs/"><strong>Recommended Resources page</strong></a> where I post the latest list of books, programs, and products that I&#8217;ve found to be particularly helpful in growing your mindfulness and meditation practices.</p>
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Letting Go
