When you first read the title of this lesson I feel like it could come across bitter or hurt, which definitely isn’t the case. Personally, I had never realised that I was someone who struggled with letting things/people go, but life taught me that the art of letting go was a vital one. So much so that the way I felt when I lost one friend versus when I lost another couldn’t compare, the first time around the feelings of loss where so intense the physicality of my being was altered. When I saw them my heart would race, I thought about them practically every day. Whereas the second time around, I just let go.

 

Don’t mistake the belief that everyone is temporary with the belief that everyone will do you wrong. They are not one in the same. To believe that everyone will harm you is to live life in fear or solitude and neither appear like the best way to thrive, don’t play yourself. what I mean by this lesson is that every person you encounter has an objective in your life whether it’s to be with you forever or to educate, so rather than clinging on to every person that you meet, seek out what they are trying to give you or rather teach you. I have concluded that the first friend that left me had the duty of teaching me release, a lesson I would later need.

 

Furthermore, the lesson shouldn’t be misinterpreted to mean that you should live life not being involved in things deeply. I feel like we live in a time where feelings are unwanted and undervalued, possibly because no one wants the stress of it all, but I think that there is beauty in everything, even in the stress that comes with wanting to be heavily involved with situations. You will never be wrong for giving something your all. In fact, you will learn so much more. So, whilst I am stating that nothing in this life last forever and some people’s mission in your life was just to pass through, it doesn’t mean you should now only involve yourself in shallow relations. There is so much to learn with every situation all you have to do is ask why?

 

Live life to the fullest, engage with things deeply, but know when to let go.

 

 

LESSON ONE: EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY