Optimism

Taken from the book: A Moment To Reflect: Letting Go by Veronica Ray

It may be hard for us to let go of other people and their problems if we fear terrible things will happen, or if we feel our worry and interference are holding another person's life together.

But if we trust our Higher Power, we can begin to assume that all will be well. We can let go, knowing that whatever happens will be God's will. We can accept that God knows better than we do.

We may say we trust God, but we don't trust other people. But what others choose to do is not our responsibility. It is between them and their Higher Power. We are only trying to control things we can never control when we worry about them. Optimism means letting go of worry about the future. The future is in God's hands, and there's no better place for it to be.

This has been on my mind this weekend. I have no control over other peoples choices and lives. My kids are reaching, ir have reached the age where it is time for them to walk their own paths in life and make their own choices. It is difficult to let go and let that happen. I have spent their lives taking care of them and keeping them safe and now it is time for them to take care of themselves. It has given me a new found respect for my own parents. I sure as hell made lots of choices that were out right failures and led to placing myself in dangerous situations. My parents had to let that happen. I am in the place I al today because of the path I have walked. This path has caused pain and harm to others but there is nothing they could have said or sone to change the path I chose. So all I can do is let go and trust that they each find their own path safely. There will be mistakes to be made but they must make them and learn from them just as I did. By placing my trust in God and provided love and support to the best of my ability I know that when it's all said and done....all will be well.