How To Let Go and Move ON
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It can be insanely frustrating when people say “Just let it go!” Or “Drop it!”. I mean what does that really mean? When it comes to how to let go and move on, how do you ACTUALLY do it?
There are a few ways that I want to show you to day that will allow you to let go of any negative feeling or thought you ever have wanted to need to let go of.
I know that is bold claim but it can be done and I want to show you how to liberate yourself PERMANENTLY of any internal suffered caused by unwanted feelings, thoughts and scenarios that have plagued you, no matter if you just experienced them and want to get rid of them or you have been dealing with the toxic emotion for your whole life. Allow me to show you EXACTLY how to let go and how to move on from anything in life!
Let Go Meaning – What It Really Is
Letting go is how you move on from something or someone. But what is the true meaning of letting go? It is actually just how it sounds!
Have you ever carried something about for way to long and your hand just simply couldn’t grip it any longer? Well then what happened? You let it go and you felt a whole lot better!
Well the same can be said about letting go of someone you love, letting go of things at work, during meditation or simply letting go of things driving you nuts!
That is the true meaning of letting go. You are able to drop things and move on for good. True letting go is letting go of something that will never have to plague you again. You will feel positive about the topic that used to hurt you instead of pain.
So let me show you how to swap pain for happiness!
How To Let Go Of The Past and Move Forward!
So options are always good right? Today I am going to show you 3 ways that you can use to let go of anything you want in this life. It can save you years of therapy as well as alleviate you from suffering right on the spot. Enjoy my friends.
Now I want to hammer the fact in that all of this is very SIMPLE. Keep it simple when doing these exercises. The mind want to make it complicated because when we do this acts, we are putting our ego under attack. And our ego doesn’t want to be attacked.
It will make things seem complicated when it is insanely simple. So keep it simple my friends!
Opening Up A Flower
So the first step is super simple, actually just like every tip were going to give you. But this one especially, will take you far quick. So bring up an unwanted emotion. Feel it as it comes up, don’t push it away or try to resist it.
Often times when we simply allow a feeling to be present, it will dissipate a bit. Anyways, wherever your feeling is, the unwanted one, imagine a flower opening up over or inside the feeling.
It doesn’t matter what type of flower, just pick your favorite. Repeat this process a few times. Imagine the flower opening entirely around or over that feeling. You should start to feel more chill after a couple of rounds of this. Maybe even after the first one!
Flowers don’t just smell good now, they can be way more useful than that!
Saying Yes Instead of NO
Again, what we resists, persists. That is a fact of life and a universal fact. What we do when we try to surpress unwanted feelings or thoughts, we subconsciously are saying NO to them. Well now we can reverse engineer how the mind works and use it for us, not against us.
So again bring up an unwanted feeling and simply just say YES to it. Try this a few times in a row until you feel better about that issue you previously felt negative about.
Drop IT LITERALLY!
Now again, it can be incredibly frustrating when some asshat tells you to just drop it. But now I can show you exactly how to truly DROP a feeling. Now how do you drop something hot in your hands? Well you simply stop clenching it and let it go! You drop that SOB!
Well imagine that your feeling is something you are holding onto. You have been doing so a long time so it may just seem like it is part of you. But it isn’t you. It is simply energy. So you can let it out of you.
The way you do this is to simply let it go. Like you would with an object in your hand.
You can pretend like it is something heavy you have been holding onto. REALLY heavy. And now it is time to drop it like a piece of luggage you have been carry around. That is why they call it baggage!
So essentially your awareness is your “fist” and the unwanted feeling or thought is the “hot object” or “heavy object”. Metaphorically speaking.
Now give this a try. Simply drop it. Say “I decide to let this go, now”
Wait until you are ready to drop it to. Feel the feeling, be present with it. Then drop it like you would drop anything else!
Again, try this a few times and you should feel a lot lighter about the thing you felt heavy about! Whether that is letting go of someone you love, a bad scenario in your childhood, a work issue. It doesn’t matter, you have the innate ability to let things go, LITERALLY. Always think in literal terms when it comes to this. It isn’t just a cute saying anymore, you can really let go of things.
5 Ways That Make Letting Go EVEN EASIER!
Below are a few tips that you can use to make letting go super effortless for yourself. Check them out!
LOVE the Feeling!
Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Loving thoughts vibrate higher than any other thought you can have. By simply loving your unwanted feel or picture in your head, you can do some damage to unwanted thing in your life.
Accept Unwanted Feelings
You can also accept it as it is. Doing this will stop all the resistance you have to the feeling. When you accept something as it is, you are taking it as face value. You are no longer judging it.
When you accept an unwanted feeling in your body, you are giving it permission to be where it is in your body. Now from there your body will resist this feeling a lot less now. Allowing you to let go of it more effortlessly than if you were resisting it.
Don’t Judge The Feeling
By not judging the feeling, you allow yourself to see it as something that isn’t frightening or scary anymore. By not passing judgement, you allow it to be where it is in your body.
Take for instance a feeling of guilt. If you feel the guilt and become guilty by letting the feeling take you over, you are now to immersed in the feeling to let it go. But if you see it as simple energy, then you are able to get rid of it because you are not letting yourself become that emotion any longer.
Doing this will let you more easily let the feeling out permanently and a lot easier than you would if you were judging it.
Don’t Identify With It
Often times we like our feelings a bit too much because they feel like they are us. That they our a part of our story. Well transformation comes when we move on from this story so we can become what we are truly meant to be.
So when you are letting go of things, do me a solid and don’t identify with it. It isn’t who you are so you don’t have to be one with it.
Disassociated with your feeling will allow you to see it objectively. It will allow you to feel separate from the unwanted feeling. Letting you easily let it go because you no longer feel like you are letting go of something that is you. You will now feel like you are letting go of something that is not you. Which is the truth!
One at A Time
Letting go of something needs to be seen as doing so one at a time. Often times when we go to let something go, we get overwhelmed a bit. Often times we subconsciously think we are letting go of EVERYTHING.
That we won’t be ourselves anymore. Simply hone in on this unwanted scenario you want to let go. Tell yourself, one thing at a time. Deal with things you want to let go, one thing at at time. This will make the process seem so much more simple and easy and safe.
It ISN’T Giving Up
I know this as well as anyone. Often times when I need to let go of something or someone, I as human being feel like it is giving up or WEAK. But the truth of the matter is, when I do end up letting things go I feel more free and more in control than I did when I was holding on.
We have this preconceived idea that letting go is weak, that it is something that we shouldn’t and if we do then we lose the battle so to say.
It is sad because society has bred us to be this way. But in actuality, the things in life that seem to be the weakest acts are most often the strongest things we can do for ourselves.
So seeing letting go as a strong move will allow you to let go easier and more often!
Let Go Quotes – Moving On In Life
I friggin love quotes as much as I love memes. So since we are talking about letting go, lets throw some quotes on the topic your way! Here is a list of 200 moving on quotes that will help you!
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In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past but you will find yourself.” – Deepak Chorpra
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“Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.” – Roy T Bennett
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“Letting go does not mean you stop caring. It means you stop try to force others to.” – Mandy Hale
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Let go of things that can no longer be fixed. IF you try to force them back together, things will only get worse. Holding on is being brave but moving on is what makes us stronger.” –
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“One of the hardest things in life is letting go. Whether it’s guilt, anger, love, loss, or betrayal. Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go.”
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“Letting go of someone dear to you is hard but holding onto someone who doesn’t even feeling the same is much harder.”
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“Let go. How would your life be different if you learned to let go of things that have already let go of you. From relationships long gone, to old grudges to regrets, to all the could’ve and should’ve, to the dead friendships you still hang on to. Free yourself from the burden of a past you cannot change.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli
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“Some of us think holding on makes us strong. But sometimes it is letting go.” – Herman Heese
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“When you let go you create space for something better.”
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“Sometimes you just have to let go gone, appreciate what still remains and look forward to what’s coming next.”
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‘You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen.” –
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“Truth is, you’re not ok but you will be. You’ll hold on but you’ll let go. It’ll be difficult but you’ll do it. You’re feeling weak, but be strong.”
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“Let your past make you better, not bitter.”
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“Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.” – Mandy Hale
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“Sooner or later we’ve all got to let go of our past.” – Dan Brown
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Just let go. Let go of how you though your life should be and embrace the life that is trying to work it’s way into your consciousness.” – Carolyn Myss
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“These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.” – Najwa Zebian
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“Truth is you’re not okay but you will be. You’ll hold on but you’ll let go. It’ll be difficult but you’ll do it. You’re feeling weak, but be strong.” – Kody Keplinger
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“In relationship, always remember: When the pain of holding on is greater than the pain of letting go, it’s time to let go.”
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“Your peace is more important than driving yourself crazy trying to understand why something happened the way it did. Let it go.”
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“If someone walks out of your life they left for a reason. So let them go it’s their loss. Real friendships or love will never leave you and it’s out there.”
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“Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.” – Dalai Lama
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“Let go of the attachment, keep the lesson.” – L.j. Vanier
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“I am learning to love the sound of my feet waking away from things not meant for me.” –
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“Closure happens right after you accept that letting go and moving on is more important that projecting a fantasy of how the relationship could have been.” Sylvester McNutt
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“One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.”
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“Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t are about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” – Deborah Reber
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“you will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.” – Mandy Hale
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“Forget what hurt you, but never forget what it taught you.” – Shannon L. Alder
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“Let go of what hurts even if it hurts to let go.”
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“Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.” – Roy T. Bennett
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“It doesn’t make sense to let go of something you had for son long. But it also doesn’t make sense to hold on when there’s actually nothing left.”
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‘Sometimes letting go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.” – Eckhart Tolle
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“Our eyes are placed in front because it is more important to look ahead than look back.”
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“I try not to miss you, I try to let go but in the end you’re always on my mind.”
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“Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.” – Nicole Sobon
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“Sometimes people come into your life just to teach you how to let go.”
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“If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be, if it doesn’t it never was.” – Albert Schweitzer
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“Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.” – Dalai Lama
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“99 percent friendships are just visitors. Let them come and go.”
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“When people walk away from you, let them go.”
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“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” – Thick Nhat Hanh
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“Forget the past. The future will give you plenty to worry about.” – George Allen Sr.
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“Letting go doesn’t mean you forget the person completely. It just means that you find a way of surviving without them.”
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“There’s a difference between goodbye and letting go. Goodbye is “Ill see you again when I’m ready to hold your hand and when you’re ready to hold mind.” Letting go is “It’ll miss your hand. I realized it’s not mine to hold and I will never hold it again.”
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“If they can leave you so easily, they were never really meant for you. Let them go.
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“Let go of relationships that do not serve you. That means negative people, dishonest people, people, people who don’t respect you, people who are overly critical and relationships that prevent you from growing. You can’t grow as a person if you don’t have people in your life who want you to grow.” – Preston Waters
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“One of the happiest moments in your life is when you find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.”
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“When I let go of what I am , I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.” – Tao Te Ching
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“Let us move forward with strong and active faith.” – Franklin D Roosevelt
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“The person who doesn’t value you is blocking you from the one who will. Let them go.” – Robert Tew
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“A bridge can still be built while the bitter waters are flowing beneath.” – Anthony Liccione
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“Letting go doesn’t mean I don’t love you.”
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“Just because you miss someone, doesn’t mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.”
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“Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.” – Carrie Bradshaw
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“Overthinking will destroy your mood. Breathe and let go.”
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“Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.”- Ramana Maharshi
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“Let it hurt, let it bleed, let it heal, and let it go.”
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“It’s not a matter of letting go, you would if you could. Instead of “let it go” we should probably say “Let it be.””
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There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept thing we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go.”
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“You only lose what you cling onto.” – Buddha
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“One of the most courageous decisions you’ll ever make it to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and soul.” Brigitte Nicole
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“Let your past make you better not bitter.”
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“Letting to means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Marboli
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“Everybody’s got a past. The past does not equal the future unless you live there.” – Tony Robbins
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“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey
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“Holding on is believing that there’s only a past. Letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” – Daphne Rose Kingma
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“Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting them back together.” – Unknown
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“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stoke of luck.” – Aldus Dumbledore
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“I think the reason why we hold onto something so thight is that we fear something so great won’t happen twice.”
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Don’t waste your time, looking back at what you’ve lost. Move on, life is not meant to be traveled backwards.”
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“Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror.” – Byrd Baggett
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“Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on.” – Carrie Underwood
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“Don’t be afraid to start over. It’s a new chance to rebuild what you want.”
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“If you don’t like where you are, move. You are not a tree.
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“Forget the past.” – Nelson Mandela
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“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Suess
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“Sometimes we let go of people, even though we still want them in our lives, because we realized they let go first.”
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“We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty.” – Leo F. Buscaglia
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“Every exit is an entry somewhere.” – Tom Stoppard
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“The art is not one of forgetting but letting go. And when everything else is gone you can be rich in loss.” – Rebecca Solnit
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“Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” – Guy Finley
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“Sometimes the only reason why you won’t let go of what’s making you sad is because it wasthe only thing that made you happy.”
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“Anything you can’t control is reaching you how to let go.” – Jackson Kiddard
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“If you want to fly, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forwad you need to let go of the past that drags you down.” – Amit Ray
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“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.” – Raymond Lindquiest
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“Let go of certainty. The opposite isn’t uncertainty. It’s openness, curiosity, and a willingness to embrace prardox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never top trying to learn and grow.” – Tony Schwartz
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“Cry, forgive, learn, move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”
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“Everything happens for a reason and that’s just something we have no control over and that’s what destiny is.”
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“You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.” – Oprah Winfrey
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“Quietly forgiving and moving on is a gift to God and yourself>” –
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“I don’t want to lose you, but I don’t want to use you just to have someone by my side.” – Patty Smyth
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“Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.” – Kate Winslet
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“Man maintains his balance, poise and sense of security only as he is moving forward.” – Maxwell Maltz
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“I’m glad that I found the good in goodbye.”
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“The best career advice I’ve gotten is to stay focused, keep moving forward.” – Tyga
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“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Ananymous
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“Time heals griefs and quarrels. For we change and no longer the same person.” – Blaise Pascal
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“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho
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“The truth is you can’t try to let go. Trying is the opposite of letting go. To let go is to relinquish try. To let go is much more like to let be.” – Adyashanti
Conclusion
Share with me what you think your favorite or most useful tactic was in the comment section below! I hope they showed you how to let go of the past and move forward with your life! I would love to see what has helped you most as well as if I can help you in any other way! Share the message with loved ones, friends and hell even enemies!
Peace my friends. And enjoy this process of letting things go!
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