We hold on tightly to things from the moment we are born. Our parents, our blankets, our best friend's hand, but as we get older letting go seems a lot harder. As we grow it becomes increasingly difficult to do things without thinking about the “what if’s”. A majority of the time thinking about what could happen is good, but sometimes you need to set things down simply because you can no longer bare to carry them. Realizing that things aren’t always so black and white, right and wrong, has helped me create a more balanced life. The longer things or people are in our life they become a part of us.

I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, and it is up to us to tackle our own fate instead of simply waiting for it to fall gracefully into our laps. With that being said embrace life, people and opportunities because I can promise you that they hold a lesson or little piece of you that from the day you were born you were meant to find. These things aren’t always meant to be ours forever. Some things, and people have an expiration date, but this does not take away from the value they hold for us. That’s why you have to give your all. By living this way you will know when to set down the things no longer meant for you. The hardest part is that it isn’t always easy to set down the things that you have loved, but if it doesn’t make you happy, help you grow, or challenge you, maybe it's already taught you everything that it was meant to.

There’s a beauty in letting go and moving on. Fear tends to hide this part from us. The fear of what if nothing else comes along paralyzes us from the thought of what if something better does? We are so quick to be negative, maybe we should be quick to be positive. When you set down those heavy things in life, that job that you hate, that relationship that is an exhausting kind of love, that fear, you make room in your heart for more. It isn’t easy, but setting down the things that aren’t meant for you, makes room for the things that are. Day by day you’ll pick things up, and then one day you’ll realize everything you prayed for, healed for, and worked for is your life. Do it for that moment.