Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 109: Letting Go

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What do you understand by the subject matter; Letting Go.

Letting Go, is losing something or someone that is no longer beneficial to your development, tranquility or contentment. Never forget but embrace the fact that some things, people or situations are destined to remain in the past. Releasing is an emotionally challenging affair as it may be accompanied by pain, memories, or other things that we hold with great importance. It is also, however, a self-liberation - an act of ridding your mind of regrets, of guilt, or expectation that chains you up.

By releasing, you make room to heal, be clear and start afresh. It also teaches you to accept and move on in peace rather than fighting. It is not losing, but making a choice, to stick with yourself and accept life as it continues to happen, and believing that everything will work out.

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

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Yes, there were moments in my life, when I had to lose control, and it appeared that I could never lose it. One of the experiences that actually affected me was when I had to lose something that I cared about dearly about a dream that I had been longing to have long. I had spent my time, my emotions, and my energies on it but no matter how hard I tried it was not leading me nowhere. It was bitter to know that fact, but to be emancipated. I realised that by holding on to it I was only continuing the circle of disappointment and self doubt.

I immediately felt relaxed and new things were available to me that I had never had the chance to see as soon as I decided to release it. The separation has taught me that there is no such thing as the end of the break-up but sometimes it is a beautiful beginning.

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

I realized when I was clinging that it was getting me tired of my peace and happiness. I kept pushing hoping that things were going to change, but inside my heart, I knew that I was pushing something that no longer suited the person that I was becoming. With the indications were obvious, constant pressure, emotional burnout, and a voice in my head, telling me that I was worth more. I had hearkened at last to such a voice.

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I sensed that it was high time, and it was maybe weighing me down more than staying. Releasing was not simple yet, it was the only way my growth took place. I decided to have faith in the process and believe that whatever is meant to happen to me would never involve me losing myself. That resolution brought sanity, power and a feeling of emancipation I had not felt in long time.

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