Letting go takes time, petal by petal. Yet there are tipping points that lend ease, the way a petal takes flight in the breeze when it finally detaches.

You see how the thing, person or belief you held onto helped you lean into your life more fully, like a cosmo in September. It got you where you are, and maybe that was its gift.

You feel a sense of longing, like petals reaching for each other that don’t quite touch.

Your heart feels paper thin and exposed, like tiny purple mallow flowers.

Letting go makes you feel like you are in free fall, at least for awhile.

It makes you feel like a part of you is missing, like misshapen letters disintegrating.

Sometimes you can’t help but take back what you are letting go of, like the circle of hearts returning.

You need tenderness and calm during these times, like lavender and warm colors.

The more you let go, the more you are surprised by a sense of lightness, hope and freedom. Like the second “t” turning into a butterfly. You never knew you could be so beautifully free.

And the more you let go, the more you see that what you set free simply comes back to you in another form, like the cosmo holding the lost petals.

Letting go is such a bittersweet life discipline & spiritual practice. Without it, life can get very heavy and there is no breathing room for possibility. And yet because it is such a vulnerable path, the need for patience & compassion, for ourselves & others, is so important.

What are you letting go of? How is it no longer serving you? What beliefs do you have about it that are not in alignment with who you are? What has been its gift? Where are you sensing freedom and lightness? How can you take small step into that space? And how can you be patient and loving toward yourself as you walk the path of letting go?”