Acceptance and Letting Go

“There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life."

Everyone, atleast more than once in there life has to accept and let go. Whether it is something small, as an old figurine, once belonging to your favourite grandmother, or being a loved one. But letting go is always hard, no matter if what you are letting go is small or large, it is always hard. And always painful.

Losing something, once belonging to someone else, belonging to some one important to you, someone you may never see again, is like losing the last thing that connects you to that person. For example, my mother bought me a dog when I was three. The dog, Gypsey, was the last thing I had of her when my mother died. My dog lived a good life, practically worshipped by me, because I thought, that in a way, talking to my dog, would bring me closer to my mother. When we had to let my dog go, (arthiritus) I was very upset. It was like losing my mother all over again, and not only that, but losing my dog, my best friend, too.

And having something taken away can be like having that special someone go again, if the object reminds you of them. And simbolises they are still with you. For a while it is hard to accept, but everything takes time. But letitng something go is not always a bad thing. Painful yes, but not always bad. But it takes time for the person letting go to see that.

It can be good to let go, so that you can move on, and not dwell on unhappy events. Live your life, because it is precious, and you may only get one chance. To have something there to remind you of someone gone, is good if it brings happy memories. But this is not always the case. Whenever I would see my dog, I would think of the happy times with my mum. And try not to think of the sad times. But then again, I always knew the sad times were there.