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
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