Monday Morning thoughts…
Breathe, Let go and then breathe some more.
When someone tells you to breathe you probably want to just laugh at them, right? I mean in all seriousness what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you are having a total breakdown and someone tells you, just breathe. I will never forget the first time one of my teachers back in elementary school said that to me. The woman was standing there telling me, ”just breathe”. It was my sincere opportunity to get out of my shirt, run after my mother and hop in the car like we were about to rob a bank. I just wanted to go home. I remember taking a good hard look at her with these pounding eyes and making a run for it. There she is standing there with my shirt in her hand. The big question here is, What if I took that breath and calmed myself down in order to focus? Taking a breathe does many things. It is a way to help us with our thought process, relax our body and LET IT GO.
Oh those three little words that many of us have an issue with, “Let it go”. Are you singing the frozen song in your head right now? Envisioning Elsa singing on the top of her lungs? Its all good. I still do. Letting things go is probably the absolute hardest thing we as humans can do. If you think about it we are not just letting go of the actual feeling, we are letting go of something much bigger than that. We are letting go what we are harvesting and bottling up to make us feel safe so we don’t have to deal with all the changes we will encounter once we do. It is our way to “cope” with not having to change. Life isn’t suppose to be hard, yet sometimes we make it that way. Not intentionally. Obviously, no one wants to make things harder for themselves. We truly do not want to its just how many of us learned how to hustle and bustle just to get through.
One of the chapters in my book that I just finished is, “The art of letting go”. The reason I made it an entire chapter is because it seriously is like a work of art. Many of us spend most of our life trying to master this task. Once we do it is like a whole new world for us. One of the biggest most profound ways to let something go is to actually deal with our emotions and those go first. If you are angry, be angry. If you are sad, cry and learn how to actually say it out loud. Say it, out loud! I am repeating this because many of us like to just walk around and wear our crowns and masks and pretend that everything is okay. We are coming out of a society that many of us were taught to stay strong. Boys aren’t suppose to cry, get my drift here?
Look, life isn’t always going to be love, light and laughter. The love, light and laughter comes after the darkness. Darkness brings light. Think of the sunrise and the sunset as a new dawn, a new beginning. The next time you are having a horrible day or a certain experience shows up for you, don’t bury it. Let it out. Cry, scream; do what ever you have to do. Talk, be okay with not being okay. It is okay! When the sun comes up the next day, smile and be grateful that you mastered yesterday’s darkness. The universe will keep reminding you in some way that it’s time to let go. You’ll feel it. Breathe, let go and then breathe some more…
Love and Light, always!
Diana Borisuck
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You remind me of Abraham when you say “Art of Letting Go”. She always said, “Art of Allowing”. I agree and think it’s so much easier to say, “Let it Go” than it actually is! I am working with recently the intention of I choose to let go. It seems more empowering. I agree…the big challenge for me is facing the unknown once I let go!!! I agree that keeps people hanging on for dear life. The big unknown…that’s truly surrender. I’ve enjoyed reading your blogs this morning. Good luck with your book!!
Linda, you are an incredible, beautiful and authentic soul! Letting go is certainly now easy at all. I have come to realize that and one of the biggest things that I try to teach my children is how to work through it at their young age, in hopes it will become easier when they get older. Thank you for your support. I love reading your blogs as well! You are an incredible writer.
Love and Light, always!
Diana