Letting go does not mean to stop caring;
it means I can't do it for someone else.

Letting go is not to cut myself off;
it's the realization that I can't control another.

Letting go is not to enable,
but to allow learning from natural consequences.

Letting go is to admit powerlessness;
which means the outcome is not in my hands. 

Letting go is not to try to change or blame another;
it's to make the most of myself.

Letting go is not to care for, but to care about
it's to allow another to be a human being.

Letting go is not to be in the middle, arranging all the outcomes;
it's to allow others to affect their own destinies.

Letting go is not to be protective; it's to permit another to face reality
it's not to deny, but to accept.

Letting go is not to nag, scold or argue;
but to search out my own shortcoming and correct them.

Letting go is not to adjust everything to my desires;
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.

Letting go is not to criticize and regulate anybody;
but to try to become what I dream I can be.

Letting go is to not regret the past, but to grow and live for the future;
Letting go is to fear less and love more.

                                                                   --Author Unknown

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