To "let go" is to fear less and to love more

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can't do it for someone else.

To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow the realization I can't control another.

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

To "let go" is not to try to change or blame
another, it is to make the most of 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 of arranging all the outcomes
but to allow others to affect their own destinies.

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 instead
to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.

To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes, and to cherish
myself in it.

To "let go" is not to critize and regulate anybody, but to try to become what I dream I can be.

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

To "let go" is to fear less and to love more.

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Stop Self - Medicating!

Hello world! =)

Eons and eons have passed before I finally had the decency to update this blog. I had a lot in my hands the past few weeks; A few things I had to finish in school and several things I needed to do for my dad. Also I have been spending more and more time with people... in the flesh; I’ve been going out to lunch or for coffee with some of my friends in church, and it’s always refreshing.

Anyway, through out this week I have been learning a lot about bondages. I learned that we could unknowingly be in bondage. Oh, let me explain what I mean by bondage first. In Breaking Free by Beth Moore, I learned that bondage is anything that hinders you from truly experiencing the benefits God wants you to enjoy. Some of these benefits are peace and satisfaction.

I enjoyed reading and studying the book. And through it I realized that one of the things that had been keeping me in chains is.... pride. No surprise there. Pride has caused me to deny that I was feeling empty. I know almost everyone could relate to the feeling of a deep insatiable thirst for something. But every time you try to figure out what it is you’re pining for, you can’t. This “emptiness” has brought about mood swings, seasons of depression and a lot of frustrated tears. I would then try to fill up the void (of unknown origin) with anything I can lay my hands on. It was like trying to cure a sickness that hasn’t been properly diagnosed. In my case, I filled up my life and time with activities. I had to be busy so that I wouldn’t feel the gnawing pain of emptiness. The result? I was always tired and irritable and I still had that ugly empty feeling.

In medicine, if you have Tuberculosis you wouldn’t take medicines that were specifically made to cure, say, Leukemia. That wouldn’t cure you; in fact it may even worsen your condition. Similarly, I was trying to self – medicate because I didn’t want to admit that something was wrong. I was striving hard to look ok when all I had to do was turn to the Healer.

Only the one who created the intricate twists and turns of my being could solve my problem of emptiness. Only He could saturate my longings with the greatest of things. And I am excited!


Just STOP. Stop taking in things you don’t need; things that wouldn’t do you good Just stop and say, “I need You.”.