a time to let go

In Ecclesiastes, it says there is a time to hold on and a time to let go. Ugh. It pains me to even write that. One of my first entries in this blog was about there being a time to tear and a time to mend. God is trying to mend my heart, but what do we do when constant reminders of the past show up in our present? Well, i suppose i have to practice what i preach to my clients. I tell them to let go and work toward accepting their lives exactly where they are. Right at this moment.

In my yoga practice, we set an intention at the start of each class. Something to focus on...something positive. (Recently, my intention has simply been wellness as i've been battling the world's worst ear infection.) But most of the time, my intention is acceptance. I so desperately want to be O.K. with where i am. That doesn't mean not striving for more in life. It just means accepting where i am. And that, for now, where i am is O.K.

When our hearts are filled with pain, it's hard to accept where we are emotionally. It's hard to let go of the hopes we had for the future. What might have been. What we dreamed for. But what if God's dreams for our lives are bigger than our own? What if He has something better than we ever could have imagined?

So, we have to let go. I have to let go. I have to loosen the grip i have on my life and open my hands and say "yes" to what it is He has for me. That, my friends, is acceptance. That is living a fuller life.