Letting Go - A Leap of Faith

[anne]

I'm letting go of my dreams for them, but not their hearts.
I'm letting go of my ideas of family, and holding onto what we have.
I'm letting go of my emotional involvement in the current crisis, and keeping my view of them as people to be respected.
I'm letting go of me, and am gaining a new way of being content.
In return I am gaining a new type of family, a new way of thinking, and a new way of loving.
Letting go is not loss, it's gain.
anne

[karleen]

Oh, Anne.  That just touches my heart.  I hope someday to 'let go' and 'gain'.

[Don M]

Thank you Anne. 

That is a very nice way to put love and caring back into a process which has taken many of us away from what we want for ourselves and our families.  The stress of trying to maintain these things which are not really ours to hold has caused a lot of anxiety and grief.

[kara5]

Anne,

It is truly okay to let go!!!  I have let go to a certain extent and I have gained.  I have also let go of my dreams for her future, the hope that she can be a part of our family, and the expectations that she can love me.  I will take care of her and teach her how to be a woman if she will let me but I don't have high hopes for those either.

Our family was alread established before she came and I will hold on to maintaining that - she will not ruin our family or my other children's childhood. 

Let go and feel alive again.

Many blessings and hugs to you Anne!
Kara