Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 109: Letting Go

Myself @aspiya From #Bangladesh

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Greetings Splendid Individuals

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I'm happy to join the Steem4Nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 109 with a prompt of "Letting Go." This really speaks to me because releasing is something we all must face at various times in life — whether it’s about letting go of past pain, abandoned dreams, or uncontrollable situations. Whilst involving myself in this kind of competition I am also reminded that I have my own experience to reflect on and that I can share a very personal understanding of what it actually means to let go and enter into peace.

What do you understand by the subject matter; Letting Go

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So for me, letting go is getting rid of what weighs me down — and that might be bad memories, disappointment, regret or even toxic people if they are no longer a source of positivity in my life. It’s just embracing what I can’t change and being peaceful instead of dealing with the agony. ” Letting go doesn’t mean having your head in the sand and thinking something didn’t happen; it means moving on from something you’ve learned from, with a lighter heart. . It’s a healing thing, and a process of personal development where I allow myself to breathe again, and be less ruled by the past. I believe that only when we really let go, we create new space for new blessings, new experiences and happiness to come into our life.

Have you had any experience where you had to let go of something?

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Yes, I have had a time at my ring of life when I had to let go, and it weren’t no easy thing at all. I once clung to a friendship that was very important to me. I thought that bond would hold forever, but apparently not. It was this misunderstandings, distances and lack of effort from the other side that made a void between us. I tried to mend things and wish everything became normal again but eventually I knew that a few relations are not meant to remain forever same.

It was hard for me to lose the friendship, but I came to an important realization yes: sometimes the pain of holding onto such a relationship is worse than letting go.. When I get that, I’m good with myself. It helped me emotionally grow, become stronger and realize that everyone who leaves us also leaves a lesson for us to learn in order to be who we’re supposed to be.

Why and how do you know it was time to let go

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I was aware that it was time to let go when I understood that holding on is only making me suffer and get hurt. I continued to try and make a effort to save the relationship, but I wasn’t getting that same energy back. The conversations dwindled, the care began to wane and I was getting over anxious and hurt more frequently. Ultimately, I knew that you can’t make anyone unwilling stay in your life.

Peace is better than chasing a connection at that moment I promised myself. It wasn’t an easy lesson; there were lots of tears and accepting. Right, re-focus on myself and what brought happiness to my life, little by little I felt lighter. And as per the above, I knew exactly why I’d done the right thing. ‘SOMETIMES, you just find it in the way of your heart that it’s time to stop fighting for what doesn’t make you feel the same.