People tell you who they are
but we ignore it, because we
want them to be who we want them to be
I’ve been thinking about the concepts of “letting go” and “moving on” and whether you can do one without the other.
It’s hard to let go of something, really hard for me. I never let go of anything because it signifies an ending, and I hate endings mainly because they mean that something bad has happened. And I always think I could have done more, could have tried harder, could have said something, anything to not reach that point. There’s 24 hours in a day and I always think I could do more.
If something disappoints you maybe it’s time to look at your relationship with it. Maybe it’s time to back off and reevaluate it. Maybe it’s time to “move on”….
“Moving on” seems like it could be temporary. Kind of looking at things differently and taking a break from something. If it’s meaningful then perhaps someday you’ll come back to it. Kind of like I’m changing some things, some habits but not totally “letting go.”
Actually that seems kind of foolish, when you “move on” you should “move on” and not look back. Look forward and find things that bring you joy, not wallow in continual disappointment. Yes, “moving seems just as permanent as “letting go”
By “letting go” do you suddenly have no expectations and thereby no disappointment and are free to enjoy whatever happens?
If you “let go” of something, can you ever get it back?
If you “let go” is it replaced by something else?
If you “let go” of hope is it replaced by its opposite, hopelessness? Is hopelessness worse than hope unfulfilled? Can you ever go back? If you “move on” in a relationship is it ever the same?
If you “let go” of hope and its replaced by hopelessness, but you’re able to “let go” of hopelessness then what do you have? Do you have nothing and then whats the point of anything if you have nothing?
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