Pain Will Leave You When You Let Go. Stop Fighting.

This poem got under my skin in a good way

Numerous things touch my soul in life. All the things make me cry, not buckets, but my eyes water over everything.

Reading stories on Medium, during a television show or movie, laughing about something really funny, and lately just thinking about my daughter graduating make my eyes well with warm tears.

We are emotional beings, some people are just more sensitive than others.

“She let go”, a poem by Reverend Safire Rose takes the cake for allowing my emotions to run free.

Letting go is trusting yourself when making a decision that everything will fall into place.

I first heard this poem at the end of a yoga class when I was just over a week sober.

I was in an emotional state, like a new baby that just escaped the womb, naked and raw in a new world.

Yoga was a struggle during that first month of sobriety. My body and mind were coming back to life, slowly.

This poem read by a woman with a lovely Australian accent launched my spiritual awakening.

The classes ended in savasana, as usual, and my favorite yoga teacher played it for our meditation.

I couldn’t control the tears after the first few lines. I didn’t care. Everyone has their eyes shut anyway and it’s hot yoga, so it was the perfect place for me to break down.

“She let go” will always be a poem that I keep close to my heart. I’ve never experienced anything that resonated so much, especially at that particular moment.

I needed to hear it at that exact moment in my journey.

Every decision I made felt right after hearing it.

This poem can be related to any big change, breakup, trauma, or attachment you need to let go of in your life.

If you are struggling with change, a decision you need to make, trauma, or whatever problem it may be, I highly suggest laying down with your eyes closed and listening to this beautiful masterpiece.

Letting go and surrendering is challenging and it took me years. Letting go isn’t easy because we are stubborn and don’t want to admit defeat.

But, letting go is essential to our well-being if we are suffering.

By letting go you can find your true power, your soul, your genius, and your purpose. You don't relinquish power but you let go of all the outside issues that weigh you down.

My spiritual awakening or cosmic shift, whatever you want to call it, relieved me of my worry, suffering, and addiction and provided me peace. I know this might sound all “woo-woo” but after trying and not being able to let go, it suddenly became so easy.

I can’t think of another way to describe it.

Maybe it happened because I gave up. I was exhausted from holding everything inside for so long that it became easy to let go.

She Let Go by Reverend Safire Rose

She let go.

Without a thought or a word, she let go.

She let go of fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.

She didn’t ask anyone for advice. She didn’t read a book on how to let go… She didn’t search the scriptures.

She just let go. She let go of all of the memories that held her back. She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward. She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.

She didn’t promise to let go. She didn’t journal about it. She didn’t write the projected date in her day-timer. She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper. She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.

She just let go. She didn’t analyze whether she should let go. She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter. She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment. She didn’t call the prayer line. She didn’t utter one word. She just let go.

No one was around when it happened. There was no applause or congratulations. No one thanked her or praised her. No one noticed a thing.

Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go. There was no effort. There was no struggle. It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad. It was what it was, and it is just that. In the space of letting go, she let it all be. A small smile came over her face. A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore.

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Much love, Michele