Why do we have such a hard time letting go?
Why do we cling to people,
Memories,
Emotions and even objects?
A excessive attachment to someone or to something does not allow us to live in a free and untethered way that each unique moment in life brings us.
We live in a constant succession of expectations created by ourselves,
Always placing us one step ahead of where we should be,
Which is here and now.
It is difficult not to have expectations about everything.
We want to know what the result of everything will be,
When and how things will happen,
But nothing could be further from reality.
The reality is that we do not have control over anything that happens in our lives,
And although we enjoy free will,
We have to accept and embrace the fact that we are immersed in the unknown.
We will never know for certain where things will come from.
Therefore we cling to the idea of wanting to control everything and create concrete expectations about any fact.
This process can only bring us disappointment and frustration when things don't go as planned.
Bringing too much to an outcome,
Tying ourselves too much to something and restricting the natural flow of things.
Therefore we must let go of expectations,
Face the unknown with the innocence of a child and an open heart,
Feel the peace of the infinity within us,
And experience the presence of being in the here and now.
John Lennon said,
Life is what happens while we insist on making other plans.
Amit Ray,
Hindu spiritual master said,
Whatever comes,
Let it come.
Whatever stays,
Let it stay.
And whatever goes,
Let it go.
Lao Tzu,
Chinese Taoist philosopher said,
When I let go of who I am,
I become what I could be.
And so,
Therefore,
In detachment lies one of the keys to happiness,
As well as in gratitude.
By being thankful for what we already have instead of asking for what we would like to have,
We open ourselves to the world of infinite possibilities.
Everything becomes a gift,
Always good,
The best for ourselves and for those around us.
When we create expectations about what we think should happen,
We are making a big mistake of thinking,
Which is the cause of much frustration and suffering.
If we let go of those expectations,
If we let go and trust in life,
We will soon see that we have all our needs covered and that we will receive more than we could expect.
The problem and the solution are always within us,
And only when we let go and have trust,
Is when the answers begin to appear.
All the expectations created are based on ancient memories,
On experiences of the past,
And it is our intellectual mind,
The one that believes we know everything,
That generates that attachment to what to control everything based on facts already lived.
We live in a world based on our own memories and beliefs.
We perceive reality according to our own way of interpreting it.
Each person sees the world from their own filter.
But even so,
We have the ability to develop our perception and those be able to see life from other points of view.
Abandoning those memories and beliefs that we have engraved in our personality can give us another approach,
Allowing us to get out of our comfort zone,
Our mental cage,
And realize that there is much more than what we were told and much more than we believed.
Our values and our fears are our limitations too.
They are a self-imposed prison from which we project the reality we live.
So stop clinging to them and get out of the stagnation imposed by fear.
Assume the risk and responsibility that implies being alive and you will start flying high.
Solutions never come the way we expect them,
But the truth is that they always come in some way.
At the right time and only when we are ready to receive them.
Only when the level of consciousness is right.
So just let go of expectations and trust in life.
Surrender to the unknown with the innocence of a child.
If the emotion of fear appears,
Embrace it and thank it for keeping you alert.
Do not let it paralyze you.
Only when we have the courage to surrender to infinity is when we begin to experience the fullness of being.
Only then we will become free because freedom begins where fear ends.
I want to thank you for joining me in this talk,
For dedicating this precious time to yourself,
For reflecting,
For opening your mind and raising your vibration to the frequency of love.
Thank you,
Thank you,
Thank you.
And may you be very happy.
