letting go
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Week 49: detachment (part 2)
Healthy detachment is freeing. Of course, some level of attachment is required for true love and relationship and community. But not the kind of attachment that says, “I need this…I cannot live without this…I must have this…without this I will not be okay…” A healthy combination of detachment and attachment means: “This thing/person is good…I Continue reading
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Week 48: detachment
We are not in control, and must learn to surrender and let go of unhealthy desire and attachment. Insecurity and fear and perfectionism and resentment and worry and victimhood dominate us because of our constant need to control a situation or outcome. All we can do is make the best of what we have. Whatever Continue reading
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On Letting Go
In less than a week (on October 14), I fly to Phuket, Thailand. My “letting go” is so near complete. What have I learned? That I don’t have to be timid in speaking about myself, where I’m going, or what I’m doing. That I don’t have to make myself (or what I’m doing) small, or explain Continue reading
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