When Letting Go Is the Only Way to Live

”We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.”

– Joseph Campbell

In any project, performance or journey there is a point at which we must let go. This point isn’t the end of anything, it isn’t the culmination of our responsibilities; it is only the beginning. So often we are afraid to let go of anything. We cling to things tightly in the hopes of finding security. But is there any need for that type of holding on? What can we gain by letting go? What do we lose by hanging on?

Giving up is not letting go

Those who have that difficulty letting go tend to call themselves “Perfectionist.” Don’t be fooled by this title though, they are not after perfection, they are scared.

You can survive by holding on, but you can only live by Letting Go

When we have let go of our fear and doubt;