Letting go never felt so good

Something has happened to me this summer. Something that feels so right. I have learned to let go. I can honestly tell you it feels like weight has literally been lifted off my shoulders. There are a few different things that I have learned to do this with. Each thing I have let go has changed me in different but equally important ways.

For one thing I have learned to let go what my entertaining expectations are. I know it sounds weird. I use to hate to entertain because it was so much work. Clean the house, clean the kids, make perfect food, KEEP house clean while company is there. Well, not anymore. Something snapped in me the other day. They are there for the friendship not the house or the food or the perfect ambiance. The funny thing I noticed is that when I just let it go everything was so much better. Sure I could wait until the kids are older, or the house is better or the food is perfect but what fun is that. We are blinking and the days are FLYING by. I am just enjoying this sweet time. So what my kids are usually sticky and sweaty during a summer BBQ. They are smiling and laughing and that is all I can ask for. NEVER again will I let my desire for a "perfect" party keep me from having anyone over. Enjoying every last second of this season of my life. It will change all to quickly.

Something else I have let go is the desire for certain relationships. Because of my love for my husband I have let certain people in our lives bully me for many years. I have continually taken it because I always thought I wanted or needed that relationship. I let it go. I must tell you I have never in the last 16 years felt so good. The truth is that Marc told me to do this years ago but I held out hope. At the time I thought he just did not care enough. Wow, I was wrong. He is just smarter then I was giving him credit for. Why kill yourself for a relationship that is unhealthy. It is just amazing to me what will happen in your life when you let these things go. No control over them....just let them go. I feel happier and healthier already.