CONTROL FREAKS
it seems to me as if a recurring problem everyone faces in life is letting go. whether you are young or old, there’s always something God is challenging you to release into His grip. case in point: my family. i have my struggles, my dad has his and my mom, hers. this morning, my mom sent me a poem about this subject (‘cuz she knows what i’m going through :> ). her comment on it was that if she could achieve half of the things mentioned in it, things would be so much better. i can only agree…
To let go doesn’t mean to stop caring,
It means I can’t do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off,
It’s the realization that I can’t control another.
To let go is not to enable,
But to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness,
Which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another,
I can only change myself.
To let go is not to care for,
But to care about.
To let go is not to fix,
But to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge,
But to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
But to allow others to effect their own outcomes.
To let go is not to be protective,
It is to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny,
But to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue,
But to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,
But to take each day as it comes.
To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone,
But to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is not to regret the past,
But to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more!
~Charles Swindoll, The Grace Awakening