on letting go
we talk so much of letting go; what about the letting come? why dwell on the goodbyes when there are just as many hellos to greet with? strange, very strange.
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2 comments:
quite true my dear. I love this thought of "letting come". It's true that if we're not open to it, if we don't have our hearts open, there are many a splendid thing that shall not come into our lives (until we're ready to "let come").
the same duality surfaces repeatedly - do we focus on letting out the undesirable, or on letting in the desired?
my gut tends to answer "neither"... that a life filled with love, embrace, acceptance and understanding will probably take care of it all. that there may not be need for second order thoughts at all...
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