By Howard Peiper, N.D.
To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off, it is the realization I can’t control another.
To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another, it is to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge, but allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
To let go is not to be protective, it is to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to deny, but to accept.
To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes, and to cherish myself in it.
To let go is not to criticize and regulate anybody, but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To let go is to not regret the past, but to grow and to live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and to love more.
Dr. Howard Peiper, N.D., is a nationally recognized expert in the holistic counseling field. His healing, health care, and natural professional credentials extend over a 30-year period and include those of naturopath, author, lecturer, magazine consultant, radio personality, and host of a television show. Howard, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, has written numerous books on nutrition and natural health including 12 bestsellers. His latest book is A Guide Through the Gluten Free World. He is cohost of the award-winning Television show, Partners in Healing. It features guests in the alternative healing field including such names as Harvey Diamond, Dr. John Upledger, Dr. Bernard Jensen, Gary Null, and Dr. Marshall Mandell. Visit http://drhowardpeiper.wordpress.com/.