She Let Go

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She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go.

She let go of fear. She let go of the judgments.

She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.

She let go of the committee of indecision within her.

She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and completely,

without hesitation or worry, she just let go.

She didn’t ask anyone for advice. She didn’t read a

book on how to let go. She didn’t search the scriptures.

She just let go.

She let go of all of the memories that held her back.

She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.

She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.

She didn’t promise to let go.

She didn’t journal about it.

She didn’t write the projected date in her day-timer.

She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.

She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.

She just let go.

She didn’t analyse whether she should let go.

She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.

She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.

She didn’t call the prayer line.

She didn’t utter one word. She just let go.

No one was around when it happened.

There was no applause or congratulations.

No one thanked her or praised her.

No one noticed a thing.

Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.

There was no effort.

There was no struggle.

It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.

It was what it was, and it is just that.

In the space of letting go, she let it all be.

A small smile came over her face.

A light breeze blew through her.

And the Sun and the Moon shone forevermore.

~ © Safire Rose ~

♥

And now some story …

In the past few weeks, I have seen several writings and little signs about the importance of letting go. For many of us, this is incredibly hard to do. When things build up to a crescendo, we realise that we really have to release what is holding us back from peace.

I have had my own personal struggles with letting go and have found, too, that it is hard to ignore expectations placed upon us, which we feel we must meet or are required to perform. Many feel this, I’m sure.

One of the hardest things to judiciously let go of is possessions. For me, this seems to be a physical manifestation and effect of what has gone on in my own life, impacting me deep in my soul. I know that pain stems from early childhood trauma and subsequent shocks along the way. Multiple occasions arose when I have had to simply move on to the next experience, with little beneath me to hold onto or to help to carry me through.

In the course of my life, I have had to say goodbye too many times, to too many people, friendships, loving environments, physical things, pets, plants, places and types of ‘security’ that have been in my life for a time and then departed. As a result of these experiences, even though I have been aware from an early age that personal growth was involved, some have left scars and these scars define a part of me.

It is hard to move beyond what defines us in any way.

To fully live, we need to release what weighs too heavily on our shoulders, so that we can be free ~ as free as we ever can be ~ of unnecessary burden.

When I came upon this poem, it seemed to fall into my life as a golden leaf of hope. It brought a sense of relief. It brought resolution to do what I could to be free of what was causing me pain, particularly during my thoughts of loss on that particular day.

Seeing other mentions of the term ‘letting go’, here and there since, I felt that God and the universe were trying to guide me, to hold me up and to help me to gently, quietly and calmly release my frightened, determined grip and let some of the emotional burdens go free.

When a child has had what matters most ripped away from them, time after time, and then experiences this into adulthood, despite maturity and wisdom in many other areas, the agony of loss becomes as nothing compared to the ache of confusion about what to keep and what to let go.

This poem spoke so deeply to my soul…

As if by chance, I happened upon a beautiful recording of it, read by the actress Kim Wade on YouTube. Just as the original poem’s sighting had done, the recording seemed to fall into my life as a gift. I have listened to Kim’s calm and eloquent voice reading the poem, over and over since, and have found not only solace in the listening, but also gentle renewal of resolve to release what holds me back from living my best life.

I hope that the poem, written by Reverend Safire Rose (of Agape Ministry), will touch a place deep within you as well and will have come into your life at a time when you need it most.

If you listen to Kim Wade peacefully reading this poem, I am sure it will be beneficial as a meditation to calm or to simply inspire you. I hope that it will bless you as much or even more than it has blessed me. The poem, read beautifully by Kim Wade (of Inner Gaze Yoga), is available to listen to on YouTube.

Love and peace,

❤

Holly x

Post published 17 June 2015
Page UPDATED 24 June 2025