I continue on my quest for deeper meaning in my life. I realize it will take more sacrifice as I cut away what no longer serves me. I’m really looking at shifting my priorities. Sadly, some things I treasure that helped me in the past have reached their expiry date, and I have to let go. Letting go is difficult because over time I have built up an attachment to things, people, thoughts, organizations, and ideas that have served me so well. Yet, these things can also be precisely the things that keep me from progress.
I want to write more, do more, and experience more. I need to look at my life philosophies and color them from a deeper truth that takes me to the next level. I am constantly aware that time is so very short in this lifetime. I feel a burning agency compelling me forward to strengthen my thoughts in virtue and my deeds in purpose. I am determined to cut away the waste that prevents progress and seek new sources of energy that can take me forward in life. I will not always have the luxury of my present day to be able to write, ponder, contemplate, and most importantly, to do.
Time wasted can never be recovered while effort towards a good cause is never wasted. When time is used well, it is a bountiful crop. In time, we build our confidence in what is, not in what lies in the future. The future is the magnet that pulls us along, which makes us realize that we cannot take our attachments with us when we want to venture into uncharted territory. When I step out of my comfort zone, I need to have only what I need to be agile and flexible.
I understand the struggle with letting go of attachments. It is difficult to let go of things that we have invested so much time and energy into. But sometimes, these attachments are holding us back from growth and progress.
I think it is important to be aware of our attachments and to challenge them when they are holding us back. We need to ask ourselves if these attachments are really serving us in the way that we think they are. Are they helping us to live our best lives? Or are they holding us back from our dreams?
If we decide that an attachment is no longer serving us, then we need to be brave enough to let it go. It is not easy, but it is possible. And it is often the only way to move forward.
I am still on my own journey of letting go. But I am learning that it is possible to let go of attachments without losing the value of the experiences that we have had. We can still appreciate the past, even if we are not attached to it. And we can still move forward, even if we have to leave some things behind.
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