Brain Food: Letting Go

There is only one way to win the battle of attachments: Drop them. Contrary to popular belief, dropping attachments is easy. All you have to do is see, but really see, the following truths. First truth: You are holding on to a false belief, namely, the belief that without this particular person or thing you will not be happy. Take your attachments

Holding on to old resentments, habits and situations is just like being dragged along by a powerboat. You might think it’s your boyfriend, your mother, your company, your childhood, your friends or your circumstances that are creating whatever state you’re stuck in. But you have more power than you realize, or maybe than you’re willing to admit.

if you hold onto a judgmental thought, the question becomes, who suffers? Letting go of judgmental thoughts is one way of talking about forgiveness.

Therefore, when we relinquish or let go of a feeling, we are freeing ourselves from all of the associated thoughts.