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.
