Letting go : The Lesson I Din't want, But Needed

There are a few lot of things that don't break us, but they just ask us to be released. 

There is a certain heaviness we carry - 
Not because we have to but because we don't to how to put it down or how to let it go. 

For me, it was a friendship that I held on to too tightly.
It had once brought joy. Laughter. Comfort.
But over a period of time, it started feeling like walking on eggshells, I felt that I am being responsible for soneone else's happiness while neglecting my own. 

Still, I clung to it. Because letting go felt like a failure.
It felt like giving up on something that meant the world once.

Until one day, I realized: I wasn't holding on out of love anymore.
I was holding on out of fear - of being wrong, of being alone, of what others might think.

And thats when I learnt what letting go actually means. 

Letting go isn't always dramatic. It's not a slammed door or a final message.
Sometimes, its just waking up and choosing peace over pressure. 
Sometimes,its not walking away, but stepping back - kindly, firmly and fully.

Letting go means trusting that the space left behind will b filled with something better, a deeper breath, a freer version of you, a new beginning.

I thought letting go woud feel like a loss.
But it felt like coming home to myself.

Dear readers, 
        Is there somethig or someone you are holding on to? Not out of love, but out of habit, fear or guilt? What would it feel like to gently set it down? 

Do share your comments.

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  1. AnjuJune 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM

    Focussing on life lessons seems Ma'am to be a superb series

    You may include lessons learnt over the years, heartbreaks, daily struggles, loneliness, relationship advice, Faith and God, Bringing up children, Prayers answered, spiritual growth

    You also have immense knowledge about our Devi, Devtas, Temples....the ones you had told us that your grandfather would tell you about, if I remember correctly

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