On Letting Go and Moving On

On Letting Go and Moving On

by | May 24, 2014 | Blog, Intimacy, Relationships, Uncategorized

There are people in this life that we can’t seem to let go of. They are emblazed on the underside of our eyelids, written on our hearts and imprisoned in our minds. How can we release them? Should we even bother? The truth is, my dear, that letting go is an act of releasing ourselves. It is palms turned up and opened wide after being clenched for too long. It is freedom from misplaced hope followed by a long sigh of relief. “But I still love him (or her)”, you might say. Fine. There is room enough in your heart to love an infinite amount of people until the end of time. But. You can only afford to give your thoughts, time and energy to those who return your love, multiply it, give it wings. The how you are an exit wound the extra shot of tequila the tangled knot of hair that has to be cut out you are the cell phone ringing in a hushed theatre … you are a poem I cannot write a word I cannot translate you are an exit wound a name I cannot bring myself to say aloud ~Jeanann Verlee, You Are An Exit Wound People will come and go, and they will leave exit wounds. In order to release them we must learn to heal ourselves. To breathe. To whisper sweet nothings in our own ear and be our own best friend. We must keep the promises we make to ourselves and forgive the ones we break. Then, we close the door. We stop looking over our shoulder. We give up...