FEAR The first thing that we need to let go of is FEAR. Fear keeps us locked into the past because we are afraid of changing. We might have fear of changing or doing something new that we aren't familiar with like sports or professional encounters. We might be afraid of flying, driving, dating, riding elevators or amusement rides or even public speaking. Sometimes people even have a few of bad health or dying. Fear can paralyze a person, so the first thing that we need to try to do is let go of the baggage we carry in the form of fears.
RELATIONSHIPS We need to let go of old relationships. Whether it is an old high school sweetheart or a childhood friend who marries and moves away, we need to let it go. Old relationships that linger often keep us from making new relationships and having new memories.
GRIEF Someone who is gone is another fear that many people share. Letting go of grief is an enormous piece of baggage that we carry if we have ever lost a parent, spouse or child. Death itself can make the grief we carry seem unnatural and overwhelming. It is hard to get over the death of a loved one but we need to learn to let go the grief.
Because we have all faced periods in our life where we need to learn to let go, we have shoved them aside and they became baggage that we carry with us wherever we go. In LEARNING TO LET GO – Part Two, we will continue our exploration of the things that we need to learn are not important and begin learning to let go. Sometimes something that is important has also to be left, if that is giving us more pain. We will discuss more in following parts.
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