Day 30 - Two Little Words - Let Go!

Remind yourself...

... this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

Let it flow into the next moment; savor each and every moment as it is.
 
As indicated in the Two Little Words from Day 27 (FEAR NOT), I completed a tandem skydive on a Friday the 13th.  It was truly one of the most exhilarating experiences in my life.  The photo below was snapped at around 8500 feet above the North Shore of Hawaii.  To say that the free-fall and subsequent parachute ride down were “exhilarating” is a lot like saying “The Empire State Building is tall.”
 
If you have never jumped out of a perfectly good airplane, please allow me to share four fun facts regarding the event:

• Before suiting up for the jump, I had to sign several documents, many of which were waivers, if not contracts, releasing the skydive company from all liability regarding the jump.  Interestingly enough, at the bottom of some of the forms, the message was clear: YOU CAN DIE FROM SKYDIVING. 

 

• The airplane ride up to the 10,000-foot altitude was almost as exhilarating as the jump itself.  And on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii, the view from 10,000 feet is astoundingly beautiful.  The gorgeous green land is swept with coffee trees and pineapple crops, kissing the sweeping ocean at the soft shore, subsequently climbing slowly, then abruptly to heights well over 4000 feet.

 

• The plane ride up lasted about 20 minutes, with each anticipatory minute building on the previously powerful 60 seconds… until the jump door rolled open, providing an eerily unobstructed view of the tops of the clouds and the sprawling greenscape below.

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• .As I rolled out of the aircraft, I was physically attached to an experienced, professional skydiver. These guys do this stuff for a living.  And yet, for all of their expertise and experience, I could not help but literally feel that tinge of OMG! as I rolled out of the aircraft and into the wild blue yonder.  The rush was amazing… In fact, it was so amazing… I literally forgot to breathe.  And, after about a thousand feet of near free-fall, I heard my heart screaming “Air!  Air!  I need air!”  So I breathed…. And in that instant, as fun and exhilarating as the jump had already been, it became 1000 times better.

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So what’s my point?
 
Today’s note is not about fear; we discussed that made-up entity way back on Day 27.  

Today, my friend, is all about letting go of E V E R Y T H I N G.
 
Now, as always, I will be overwhelmingly honest with you here.
 
I am not entirely sure we can ALWAYS easily enter this state of perpetual letting go.  

I have capitalized the word ALWAYS because it’s one of the two no-no words in the Clark house (“NEVER” is the other no-no word).
 
Indeed, sometimes, it takes a herculean effort to get to the point of letting go.  But we CAN do it.
 
And just like that airplane ride up to 10,000 feet, we often know when we are headed for a point of no return.  Something inside of us simply knows what’s around the corner, up the street, or down the road.  That “something” is preparing us to stand up and take notice.  That “something” is also investing Its Own Vast Knowledge in the AWEsome being that you are.
 
Did you catch that?
 
"... BEING that you are."
 
You are not what you were.
 
You are not what you will be.
 
You are what you are.
 
And yet... the best indicator of who you can be is actually most related to what you are doing today… now.
 
And the truth is, you ARE reading this e-note on letting go.
 
You ARE gaining additional insight on how to let go and follow that voice inside you.
 
So let’s both accept a lesson from the wild, blue, yonder:
 
Right here, right now, take one big deep breath…
 
               And simply let go.
 
Let go of trying so hard; it will come.

We will get there when we get there.
 
Let go of trying to manage everything… or everything will manage you.
 
Let go of not letting go.
 
Remember:  Letting go is not an implication of loss.
 
Letting go is the initial act and preparation of new and exciting things to come.

Letting go is the preparation for transitioning FROM... and accepting something that will take you TO...
 
Letting go is gaining the understanding that you are the key that unlocks the door to your future – here and now.
 
We have all heard the saying, “When one door closes, another one opens.”  In reality, by the time that one door has closed, the other door has already been open for quite some time.
 
Take a breather today and look all around you.
 
There is a vast network of unseen connections.
 
There are physical bonds, yes.
 
But there are also emotional, spiritual, professional, familial, local, international, natural and, yes… supernatural attachments that link you with me, us with them, and everybody, everywhere on some level of interconnectedness that causes a seemingly remote action in one part of our world to affect the lives of people in an area geographically distant but supernaturally close.
 
Make it your priority to make it a habit to change your world … by finally letting go.
  
Do it on purpose!   
  
Your mission for today: 

                                          ...LET GO!

Aloha,