This is Uncle Gunn and Moi. My Uncle Gunn is such an inspiration to me. About 4 years ago he told me, “Micki you need to find out who Micki is, and you don’t need to leave home to do that.” My Uncle Gunn has inspired me for years. He’s a wonderful musician, he writes, plays and produces his own music. There isn’t an instrument he can’t play! He sent me this and I wanted to share it with you because I’ve read it at least 1,000 times and it helped me a lot to let go of a lot of baggage I’ve carried around for years.

Letting Go

To let go doesn’t mean to stop caring

It means I can’t do it for someone else

To let go is not to cut myself off

It’s the realization that I can’t control another

To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences

To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands

To let go is not to try and change or blame another,

I can only change myself

To let go is not to care for, but to care about

To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive

To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being

To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,

but to allow others to affect their own outcomes

To let go is not to be protective,

It is to permit another to face reality

To let go is not to deny, but to accept

To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue, but to search out my own shortcomings and correct them

To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and cherish the moment

To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone, but to try to become what I dream I can be

To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future

To let go is to fear less and love more

Author Unknown

 

—My dear sweet Uncle Gunn sent this to me 9-23-11