I really love this Article by Marc Chernoff titled 7 Things You Gain When You Let Go Of Control. I love
it because I use to be the type of person who had a hard time letting
go. OK OK, I am still having a hard time letting things go ;-) This is
why this article hit home with me and I know it will hit home with
you too.
Marc talks about the benefits of
letting go of controlling everything and there are so many benefits
when you simply let go. I know how it feels to want to control how
people act and think. I wanted to be liked and accepted. I also
wanted to control how people treated me. One hard lesson I learned in
my life was that I didn't have to convenience people of who I was or
justify who I chose to be. The lifestyle that I chose is not a very
popular lifestyle to many people. I was told that a family that choose NOT to have 2 incomes is craaaazy, but that is what my husband and I chose for our lives. I chose to work in the home. I
tried really hard to justify why I chose this life but still many of my family and friends looked at me like I was crazy. It was very hard getting very little
encouragement for what I was trying to do which was to simply take
care of my husband and do what I love to do, but now after 19 years
of marriage (when most marriages don't last more than 8 years) I'm
starting to feel the love ^_^ lol smh. What I did for 19 years was stick to my natural flow, what felt right to me even if it didn't look right to everyone else. I stayed true to myself.
Marc said, “The truth
is, people will see what they want to see whether you worry about it
or not. It's time to let go of trying to control how everyone
perceives you. It's time to just do the best you can” and that is
exactly what I did.
I loved it when Marc talked about in his article how
you get more by doing less. I know that this sounds crazy and
counter-intuitive, but this is soo true. I was just studying the law
of effortless ease and the law of letting go and let God. In Marc's
article, he said, “You can decide how you spend your time, whom you
socialize with, whom you share your life, money and energy with. You
can choose to love and appreciate the people in your life for exactly
who they are. You can choose how you're going to respond to surprises
and disappointments when they arise, and whether you will see them as
a curse or opportunities for emotional growth.... And most
importantly, you can choose to let go of control and adjust your
attitude in an instant, which dictates pretty much everything else”.
You can get a lot more done when you slow down, let go and be mindful.
Letting go of control isn't easy. I
know because I tried really hard to control what people thought about me, but if you take a little time to learn to let go of control over
everything your world will open up like never before. There is a huge
amount of benefits when we let go of what other people think of us,
let go of planning every detail of our lives and let go of the crazy
things people do in this world that we don't like. When we let go we
free ourselves to be more of ourselves. If you feel stressed and
worried all the time please read Marc Chernoff's article titled 7 Things You Gain When You Let Go Of Control. Remember we can't control
everything, we can only control ourselves. Trust the process and know that everything is going to be Ok.
God Bless
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