Dear 2015,

What a year we have had! So many crazy ups and downs, U-turns and back flips and they all lead right to here. This very place of me sitting at my computer having a hard time letting the words flow about moving into 2016. So I am sitting here and I am thinking how in the world I am ever going to get this blog done before I leave today … and then the biggest lesson you have taught me spills itself all over the screen over and over again!

LET GO

Just like that. Let go, of my expectations of what this should be. Let go of the expectations that this will change the world.. It probably won’t. But it will change my world.

LET GO

Because of all the hurts you had this year the biggest one was letting go of someone who couldn’t love you back and guess what? You are still here and you are more beautiful than ever. You let him go, and you let go of the anger and the resentment. You Let go and you built something you never thought you would be able to on your own. You let go and you opened yourself to being loved by someone deserving of the love you have inside.

LET GO

Because you do not always know best! Your brain and your heart generally tend to be at odds and your brain usually gets the best of you. SO let go of the need to control how this blog will go, how your life will go, how people will treat you. Just Let GO!

LET GO

Because this year if nothing else you learned that faith and action will always carry you through. Your plans are not always those that are the best, and you need to let go of the idea that you need to prove yourself to others.

LET GO

Because the world will continue turning and spinning with or without you. So wouldn’t you rather be the change you want to see in the world? Didn’t that lesson present itself to you over and over again? So Let go, of the idea that you are separate. You are a person, like every other person here, with just as much potential. Nothing sets you apart from any of them.

LET GO

Of the idea that others peoples actions are meant to hurt you. Because really most people don’t care enough to make things about you. I know that sounds rude, but you need to Let That Go. Move forward in your own confidence and love… and Let Go of the need for approval from everyone else.

LET GO

Because if you hold on to the weight of fear any longer it will kill you! You will continue to watch life and everyone in it pass you by and you will look back from a hospital bed with sad lonely eyes filled with regret!

LET GO

Because the past is now the past and this year is now coming to a close. Let it go, because you were able to see the beauty in all the heart wrenching moments and your heart is shining brighter than it ever has before.

As we move into 2016 let us Let Go of 2015 and embrace the unknown of 2016, moving forward in peace, love, faith and purpose.

Rachel