You often hear this cliché ,  ‘The Art of Letting Go’,  as reference to relationship break-ups. But if you’ll have a closer look at the circumstances of your life,  it’s so applicable in anything that you’ve been accustomed to, those which have been part of your daily habits and have somehow defined you as a person.

When you are attached to something that you value, everything that you do is dependent on how that something/someone can be affected. Your family, might be one big factor affecting your decisions and the plans you have in our life.  For some of you, decisions about work assignments are hugely impacted with how your time or distance with your family will be changed. Rejecting a job offer overseas means choosing to be with your family, spending time with them, that no amount of money or career progression can ever replace. For OFWS, accepting a job offer is part of the plan to temporarily be away from loved ones, to be able to save faster and  provide a better future for them.

On a more personal aspect like love, the decision to be with someone is affected by the things that you value the most and how you want your lives to go forward. Sometimes, one person can appear to be a perfect match for you. Compatibility is of course one huge factor,  but having the same goal is undeniably one critical point you have to consider. Does choosing to be together would allow you to fulfill both your calling and purpose in life? If the answer is no, then probably you have to let it go.

Simple circumstances in life showing decisions to let go could be  — letting go of a heated argument so as not to strain the relationship, letting go of anger to be able to move on and have peace of mind, letting go of preferences to focus more on the essentials, letting go of comfort to make someone happy and, letting go of hurt so you can experience  joy.

Each experience of letting go seems to start with something painful but ends up with something joyful. It begins with something ugly and senseless but transforms into something beautiful and meaningful.

Just as how diamonds were made through very high pressure and too much heat through thousands of  years  or  as how catterpillars had to go through the painful process of transformation to become  beautiful  butterflies, so it is with how the Lord uses circumstances in your lives to prune your character, to purify your soul , to redirect you to the path that you have been called to.

Letting go of something that you feel is not ‘YOU’, is a responsibility that you need to do. Once you have done it, you will be freed from chains of expectations, fears and anxieties that the world has built around you .Leting go is letting the real ‘YOU’ take over.

When you let go, you open yourself up to endless opportunities  – new beginnings , new adventure, new joy, new passion and  a new way of living.

It is not an action that was meant for you to do alone. It is a decision supposed to be made after prayer, discernment, surrender and trust with the Lord. Abundant grace is needed to be able to  go through the painful process and to joyfully welcome the peace that the Lord has promised.

It is a the art of going through the dark and bright colors of your life and allowing a beautiful masterpiece to unfold.

Letting Go is trusting and surrendering to God who loves you and assures you that He knows what will make you truly happy .

God Bless!