by Michael Mackey
Walking away may at times be one essential way for having a wise life, but on the other hand it may not be, depending on what it was you walked away from. Sometimes walking away is the path to freedom. Walking away from the hopes, the fears, the pain, the past, and the stories that have a hold on us, allows us to quiet our own minds, and open our hearts in a positive manner.
Never be scared, or have too much pride to walk away, trust and believe that with the courage you have within you, and the vulnerability of your heart to meet life as it is, you can rest kindly with who you are.
As I walk away, the tender ground of my honesty, my healing, my level headedness, and the return of my love will come back into play and carry me through the ever-changing world.
Believe me, by remembering to walk away from a negative situation does not mean losing sight of or the knowledge of doing the right thing. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fairs, the disappointments of that situation that’s binding your spirit and keeping you in a negative place.
Like emptying a cup, walking away and letting go leaves me free to receive, to refresh, to be sensitive and awake. Walking away is not the same as aversion, or struggling to get rid of something or someone. We cannot genuinely let go of what we resist because what we resist and fear to face secretly follows us even as we push it away.
Trust and believe, I know this very well, I still do now a days, not so much to walk away from my trauma, but I need to acknowledge just how it is. I need to feel it fully and accept that this is the cards I was dealt. This is as it is.
Walking away begins with letting go, but I’ve learned how to let things be. They gradually lose their power and cease to disturb me. I allow what is positive and true to recharge me. Space comes into my body and mind. I breathe easier and softly. I even rest better.
In accepting it, I became free, then we can ask, do I have to continue to replay this story? Do I have to hold on to these losses, those feelings? It about time to let them go. Your head will know, there’s an organic cycle to letting go. We will feel it as a wisdom that knows it’s time to move on, to release the past and tenderly return to the present.
When we let go, we return to an honest and simple openness. Let yourself sit comfortable and quietly. Bring a kindly attention to your body and breath relaxed. Let yourself be settled into the ground of the present. Now bring into awareness to the story, the situation, the feelings, the reactions that it is to let go of, (Betrayal, sadness, anxiety, etc.) and allow the space to be gone.