Letting Go.... (25)
Nice, something I can use.
Thank you HJ.
Thank you HJ.
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The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time. "Please---tame me!" he said.
"I want to, very much," the little prince replied. "But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand."
"One only understands the things that one tames," said the fox. " Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me..."
"What must I do, to tame you? asked the little prince.
"You must be very patient," replied the fox. First you will sit down at a little distance from me -like that- in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day..."
The next day the little prince came back.
"It would have been better to come back at the same hour," said the fox. "If for example, you came at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is ready to greet you ... One must observe the proper rites ..."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
"I want to, very much," the little prince replied. "But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand."
"One only understands the things that one tames," said the fox. " Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me..."
"What must I do, to tame you? asked the little prince.
"You must be very patient," replied the fox. First you will sit down at a little distance from me -like that- in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day..."
The next day the little prince came back.
"It would have been better to come back at the same hour," said the fox. "If for example, you came at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is ready to greet you ... One must observe the proper rites ..."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
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Good thread.
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Sage advice....
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Great stuff HJ. Thank you. 
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Wise words indeed HJF,
letting go is something I have done more and more
still need a little more practice though
letting go is something I have done more and more
still need a little more practice though
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Funny thing though,sometimes the things we finally let go have Scratch-marks on them. 
::came up in Discussions with some Friends:::::
::came up in Discussions with some Friends:::::
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HJFinAZ: Life is a series of letting go's - an "infinite" series of letting go's. All things in life are given us on loan. . . . Once we have learned to let go, we are prepared for whatever life gives us. And death itself is nothing to be feared.
--Matthew Fox
For many years, I resisted the concept of letting go. I resisted mostly because I didn't understand what people were talking about. I'd be loudly obsessing about something. "Just let go," they'd say. "Okay," I'd say. Then I'd walk away and wonder what they meant, and mostly how to do it. Soon, I caught on.
Letting go is a behavior we can practice each day, whatever the circumstances in our lives. It's a behavior that benefits relationships we want to work. It's a helpful behavior in insane relationships, too. It's a useful tool to use when we really want to bring something or someone into our lives, and in accomplishing our goals. It's a helpful tool to use on outdated behaviors such as low self-esteem and manipulation.
Letting go takes the emotional charge, the drama, out of things and restores us to a sense of balance, peace, and spiritual power.
Letting go works well on the past and the future. It brings us into today.
Paraphrasing the mystic writer Matthew Fox, everything that comes, comes to pass. Demystify letting go. It's not as complicated as it sounds. Learning the art of letting go really means learning to calmly let things be.
--Matthew Fox
For many years, I resisted the concept of letting go. I resisted mostly because I didn't understand what people were talking about. I'd be loudly obsessing about something. "Just let go," they'd say. "Okay," I'd say. Then I'd walk away and wonder what they meant, and mostly how to do it. Soon, I caught on.
Letting go is a behavior we can practice each day, whatever the circumstances in our lives. It's a behavior that benefits relationships we want to work. It's a helpful behavior in insane relationships, too. It's a useful tool to use when we really want to bring something or someone into our lives, and in accomplishing our goals. It's a helpful tool to use on outdated behaviors such as low self-esteem and manipulation.
Letting go takes the emotional charge, the drama, out of things and restores us to a sense of balance, peace, and spiritual power.
Letting go works well on the past and the future. It brings us into today.
Paraphrasing the mystic writer Matthew Fox, everything that comes, comes to pass. Demystify letting go. It's not as complicated as it sounds. Learning the art of letting go really means learning to calmly let things be.
Easy for you to say Pat, it's sunny everyday in Arizona....
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HJFinAZ: Life is a series of letting go's - an "infinite" series of letting go's. All things in life are given us on loan. . . . Once we have learned to let go, we are prepared for whatever life gives us. And death itself is nothing to be feared.
--Matthew Fox
For many years, I resisted the concept of letting go. I resisted mostly because I didn't understand what people were talking about. I'd be loudly obsessing about something. "Just let go," they'd say. "Okay," I'd say. Then I'd walk away and wonder what they meant, and mostly how to do it. Soon, I caught on.
Letting go is a behavior we can practice each day, whatever the circumstances in our lives. It's a behavior that benefits relationships we want to work. It's a helpful behavior in insane relationships, too. It's a useful tool to use when we really want to bring something or someone into our lives, and in accomplishing our goals. It's a helpful tool to use on outdated behaviors such as low self-esteem and manipulation.
Letting go takes the emotional charge, the drama, out of things and restores us to a sense of balance, peace, and spiritual power.
Letting go works well on the past and the future. It brings us into today.
Paraphrasing the mystic writer Matthew Fox, everything that comes, comes to pass. Demystify letting go. It's not as complicated as it sounds. Learning the art of letting go really means learning to calmly let things be.
--Matthew Fox
For many years, I resisted the concept of letting go. I resisted mostly because I didn't understand what people were talking about. I'd be loudly obsessing about something. "Just let go," they'd say. "Okay," I'd say. Then I'd walk away and wonder what they meant, and mostly how to do it. Soon, I caught on.
Letting go is a behavior we can practice each day, whatever the circumstances in our lives. It's a behavior that benefits relationships we want to work. It's a helpful behavior in insane relationships, too. It's a useful tool to use when we really want to bring something or someone into our lives, and in accomplishing our goals. It's a helpful tool to use on outdated behaviors such as low self-esteem and manipulation.
Letting go takes the emotional charge, the drama, out of things and restores us to a sense of balance, peace, and spiritual power.
Letting go works well on the past and the future. It brings us into today.
Paraphrasing the mystic writer Matthew Fox, everything that comes, comes to pass. Demystify letting go. It's not as complicated as it sounds. Learning the art of letting go really means learning to calmly let things be.
I'm going to print this out so I can read it everyday, it is good advice. Thankyou
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"Letting go takes the emotional charge, the drama, out of things and restores us to a sense of balance, peace, and spiritual power."
Although I do agree with this, time still has to be on my side, it doesn't happen overnight..
Although I do agree with this, time still has to be on my side, it doesn't happen overnight..
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I once heard a story that when a Jesuit Priest was asked "what is the shortest prayer?"...
......He said, FU<K IT!
It's a kind of surrender like "Let Go-Let God"
......He said, FU<K IT!
It's a kind of surrender like "Let Go-Let God"
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mischievouskttn: funny..but right on
I was so pleased to know that I REALLY DO pray daily.
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lovenkisses: "Letting go takes the emotional charge, the drama, out of things and restores us to a sense of balance, peace, and spiritual power."Although I do agree with this, time still has to be on my side, it doesn't happen overnight..
Chances for transition are better in AZ and I am looking for a "caregiver"...
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tunnelwary: I once heard a story that when a Jesuit Priest was asked "what is the shortest prayer?"...
......He said, FU<K IT!
It's a kind of surrender like "Let Go-Let God"
......He said, FU<K IT!
It's a kind of surrender like "Let Go-Let God"
Serenity Prayer (short version)..
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HJFinAZ: Serenity Prayer (short version)..
and Bless "Her" Too!
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An eldery Aunt once told me when I was stressing about my children (who were quite young at the time) "that they were only on loan" it took me a few years to understand this, the same way as "let it go" both sayings I live by today
Have a better onlook on life with a couple of sayings and alot less stress than ever before, especialy with the line out of the serenity prayer
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
and that I can live with
Have a better onlook on life with a couple of sayings and alot less stress than ever before, especialy with the line out of the serenity prayer
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
and that I can live with
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to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and a GREAT BIG FAT SACK O CASH!
courage to change the things I can;
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--Matthew Fox
For many years, I resisted the concept of letting go. I resisted mostly because I didn't understand what people were talking about. I'd be loudly obsessing about something. "Just let go," they'd say. "Okay," I'd say. Then I'd walk away and wonder what they meant, and mostly how to do it. Soon, I caught on.
Letting go is a behavior we can practice each day, whatever the circumstances in our lives. It's a behavior that benefits relationships we want to work. It's a helpful behavior in insane relationships, too. It's a useful tool to use when we really want to bring something or someone into our lives, and in accomplishing our goals. It's a helpful tool to use on outdated behaviors such as low self-esteem and manipulation.
Letting go takes the emotional charge, the drama, out of things and restores us to a sense of balance, peace, and spiritual power.
Letting go works well on the past and the future. It brings us into today.
Paraphrasing the mystic writer Matthew Fox, everything that comes, comes to pass. Demystify letting go. It's not as complicated as it sounds. Learning the art of letting go really means learning to calmly let things be.