Let Yourself Go

#reverb10

Dec 5 Prompt: Let Go. 

What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why?

I think this year was the year of letting go. I realized, in many ways, that I’m a control-a-holic and now am hoping for a full recovery. This year, I also let go (or am learning to let go of)

• Caring so much about what other people think
• The place I called “home” for 30 years
• Friends who are really acquaintances (in this era of facebook, my measurement is simple: do I know when your birthday is off the top of my head? If the answer is yes, we’re probably true friends)
• The idea that a large, regular paycheck equals security
• A church family that was wonderful but no longer a place I needed to be
• Fearing conflict
• The need to take offense on my own behalf