Letting go (Part 3)

Sometimes we are blessed to meet others who touch our spirit and liberate our will. These people come into our lives, disguised as a kind stranger or a casual acquaintance, then by a random case of chance, enough time pass and we find ourselves in a shared moment. Our paths cross and we exchange ideas, opinions and experiences. Sometimes, we are given the opportunity to actually listen, not merely hearing, and the words uttered seep into our hearts and become ingrained as part of our consciousness. Other times, we surprise ourselves by the declarations we make, never expecting to hear those words becoming the truths we’ve always suspected of knowing. Indeed, by some act of grace, we make these connections. However, we also realize that people come and go like seasons that change. Thus requiring an act of courage, we part ways yet again, deep down inside wishing this wasn’t so. But life is like that, you have to let go before you can make room for new things, places and even people. No matter how hard or how cold this truth appears to be, life is a series of changes. Like the turning of leaves as spring makes way for summer, we too must shed the skin of yesterday to emerge anew and awaken with eyes and hearts wide open.