Practice Letting Go

Photo: (Mr. Dickie, Boys Town, NE - 2008)

... practice letting go of dissatisfactions and appreciating goodness. ... pray for serenity to a power greater than yourself, to which you can turn over your cares and anxieties. And ... meditate on the many wonders in your world. (Vanceburg and Silverman, Family Feelings, 30 December)

What is not clear should be cleared up. What is not easy to do should be done with great persistence. (Confucius in A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy, 5 October)

Today, I will participate in life to the best of my ability. Regardless of the outcome, that makes me a winner. (Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go, 10 January)

One of the great arts in life is to learn what to forget. (William Barclay in his discussion of The Letters to the Corinthians, p. 136)