For some people there comes a time where we feel as if we just want to dump all that weight we’ve been carrying around with us. Throughout our lives we all have a tendency to accumulate. Whether it is the accumulation of physical possessions or status, recognition and responsibilities, or skills, knowledge and wisdom, somehow, we all accumulate something. Then, for some of us, it is as if we one day wake up and discover that what we have chosen to accumulate is starting to really weigh us down. A happy and joyous future seems unfounded and distant due to the heavy burdens of our past and present. The ‘price’ we are paying for what we have always perceived as being important is becoming quite substantial, and perhaps it is costing us to miss out on other ‘accumulations’ such as peace, love, joy, health and happiness.
It is only when we realize that the ‘price’ we are paying has become too high that we find ourselves ready and willing to let go of what no longer serves us in our lives. We are willing to cut the chain of burdens.
Letting go of what was once ‘important’ enough for us to hold onto is not necessarily easy, which is why it often takes us quite a while to get to that ‘place of surrender’. We want to hold on for the longest time, fearing what will happen if we let go of what holds meaning to us. Some of us hold onto dysfunctional, disserving patterns and behaviors because we mistakenly choose to believe that some of it serves us. Yet, others hold on to blame and anger, perhaps because that means we get to be right and feel more righteous, and perhaps we are wanting to prove to ourselves that ‘we are not that ones who have to change’. Still others hold onto fights and battles, even the constant battle for perfection and perfect balance and harmony in ALL we do. Personally, I learned the hard way that trying to be perfect, and let alone be perfectly balanced in ALL I do is exactly what will throw a person off balance in the first place. Nobody can do it ALL, and let alone do it all perfectly. Letting go of that never-ending pursuit is in and of itself a divine blessing!
To let go of the various ‘stuff’ we hold onto and choosing to simply ‘surrender’ is one of the absolute best gifts that we can possibly give ourselves.
