Saturday 19 March 2016

Relinquish

One of the absolute necessities in life is the knowledge of how to relinquish the unimportant. It is an art mastered over the years and requires several unforgiving blows to the ego to soften it up to such an extent that the mind matures enough to learn to let go. Every person eventually learns how to let go. Time teaches everyone the tricks.

It starts with the material stuff. A favourite pencil, the last piece of chocolate in the box, the new dress at the mall, your old best friend, your pets, your dreams, your loved ones and finally, some fine day, yourself too. Yes, it does hurt to let go. There are memories associated with them all. There are dreams and aspirations. But it is necessary to understand that there is a huge probability that what is to be relinquished was probably never intended to be yours! It was a stray thought that happened to walk by in the range of your peripheral vision. It only causes unnecessary hurt and anguish to hold on to something and pour all your efforts into willing that something into happening which so desperately wants to get away.

Let it go. Set it free. The understanding that follows gives the mind enough peace to live without it. The cat and mouse chase is not worth taking the trouble. If something is meant to be, it will be. If something is not meant to be, then feel happy to have had it for as long as it was yours. Cherish the fond memories and let the bitterness of losing it slip away into nothingness. Relinquish the authoritative and possessive thoughts. You own nothing. Everything that has ever been in your possession has only changed hands. It came to you from someone, it is your duty to give it up for someone else.

Let peace prevail, outside and also within.

I wonder why you did leave

Late at night when I cannot sleep  When day is far and I do weep When there is nothing left but to think, I wonder why you did leave. ...