Let Go and Enjoy Peace
Experience Peace and Joy From Within
Ready to let go of everything that has held you back?
Are you ready to be free from the effects of your past painful experiences? Do you wish that you can be full of peace, joy, and love? Well, now is your time to let go and experience internal freedom.
I understand that you have been hurt in the past, and those memories continue to dominate your thoughts day and night. You go over and over different ways you should have handled situations. Normal circumstances constantly trigger you in your day-to-day routine. Things, activities, smells, people all take you back to those hurtful memories.
You may not be experiencing past hurts; you could be rehearsing the day’s awful experience from work or someone cutting you off in traffic. But you still find yourself holding on to the negative experience.
If you are reading this, you have decided that it is time to let go of past offenses and current ones. Here I will give you practical steps to letting go and experience peace, joy, and love in your own life. Here you will learn to recognize how past negative experiences have lead you to think and behave in a certain way. So not only will you let go of offenses, but you will also let go of the offenses’ effects on you. You will also learn daily habits to incorporate into your life that will bring you peace and wholeness, in addition to activities that will stir joy within you.
Acknowledge What Happened
Take time to write down your experience or verbally tell yourself what happened. Acknowledge how you felt at that time. If you struggle with describing how you feel, here is a feelings wheel that can help you. How did you feel about everyone involved? What feelings does it bring up when you think about the situation. Besides recognizing your feelings, write and acknowledge your bodily sensations; tension, shakes, stuttering, twitching, numbness, etc. Situations that cause panic attacks, rage, and crippling depression, should be processed in a therapist’s office.
Processing your experience will help you to let it go. It allows you to bring situations up that continue to live within you. You also put words to the problem, which will help you begin seeing it from a different angle. It becomes a story that you experienced, but you will start to release it.
Forgive Yourself and Others
If your situation requires that you forgive someone or yourself, then begin the process of forgiveness. I say “process of forgiveness” because, in some cases, forgiveness will have to be a process that you will need to do over and over. It does not always come easy.
Example:
When someone cuts me off in traffic, that is a situation I easily forgive and let go. I say a prayer to help me, “Lord, I forgive them. Help me release it and let it go.”
When a close relative betrayed me, that was a situation that I had to forgive repeatedly. It was a process. I did not rush it but continued to do the work. And some cases, I also processed and worked through with a therapist.
Release It!
You may be thinking:
HOW DO YOU FORGIVE?
Now do not become confused. I am not talking about reconciliation; I am talking about forgiveness. Forgiveness is not dependent on the other person; it is dependent on you. Remember that you are doing the work for yourself. It is so that you will move forward and have peace and joy within you instead of turmoil. So let’s begin. You can write it down or verbalize it.
You can say “I forgive ___________ for ____________ . I am releasing ______________ from what they done to me. I am letting this go today, right now from every part of my being.” If you believe in God, turn it into a prayer.
You may have to say it once or over and over.
Remember, it is a process, and depending on the offense, it may take time to forgive and release it completely.
Throughout the process, remember the end goal is to be able to experience peace and joy within.
If you developed behaviors and thoughts because of the offense, those may have protected you in the past but do they protect you now or keep you stuck. Spend time journaling and become aware of your thoughts and behaviors. Meditation and mindfulness will help you to become more self-aware as well. Try these three activities journaling, meditation, and mindfulness, and become more self-aware.
Here are ways to begin to let go of your hurtful past and experience joy and peace in your life. No more pushing circumstances down within you, acknowledging what happened, working through forgiveness, and utilizing journaling, meditation, and mindfulness to become self-aware.
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