This is a poem written several years ago by a close friend of mine. He wrote this for a friend of his that was an alcoholic going through rehab. I think this is fitting for all of us going through our own stages of letting go.

I hope you enjoy this!
STTSI

LET GO

To let Go...Doesn't mean to stop caring,
It means I can't do it for someone else.
It's not to cut myself off,
It's the realization that I can't control another.

To Let Go....Is not to enable,
but to allow learning from natural consequences.
It's to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.

To Let Go....Is not to try to change or blame another,
I can only change myself.
Is not to care for,
but to care about.

To let Go....Is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
Is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.

To let Go....Is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their own outcomes.
It's not to be protective,
it is to permit another to face reality.

To Let Go....Is not to deny, but to accept.
Is not to nag, scold, or argue,
but to search out my own shortcomings
and to correct them.

To Let Go....Is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes,
and to cherish the moment.

It's not to criticize or regulate anyone,
but to try to become whatever dream I can be.

To Let Go....Is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.

It's to fear less and to love more.
E. Daniel Eckberg