Let it go!

journey-on

I got this in an email today and it came at just the right time. Some days the pain we experience from our loved ones shunning us simply because we have chosen a different spiritual path can be excrutiating. If I had chosen a life of immorality or a criminal path, perhaps I could justify it to some extent, but all I did was study, research, pray, and choose to go in a different spiritual direction. As long as I live, I will never comprehend their reasoning for shunning flesh and blood.

Last night I listened to someone talk about "tearing down the scaffolding upon which we were raised" in order to progress spiritually. It made me think about my early life as a JW. Then today I received this email from one of my "angels" (a friend that gets me). I thought I would share it with JWD just in case it could help someone having a difficult time, too.

> Let it go
>
> There are people who can walk away from you.
> And hear me when I tell you this!
> When people can walk away from you: let them walk.
>
>
> I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you,
> loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you,
> staying attached to you.
> I mean hang up the phone.
>
>
> When people can walk away from you let them walk.
> Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.
>
> People leave you because they are not joined to you.
> And if they are not joined to you,
> you can't make them stay.
> Let them go .
>
>
> And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person,
> it just means that their part in the story is over.
> And you've got to know when people's
> part in your story is over so that you
> don't keep trying to raise the dead.
>
>
> You've got to know when it's dead.
> You've got to know when it's over.
> Let me tell you something.
> I've got the gift of good-bye.
> It's the tenth spiritual gift,
> I believe in good-bye.
>
>
> It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful,
> and I know whatever God means for me to have
> He'll give it to me.
> And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it.
> Stop begging people to stay.
> Let them go!!
>
>
> If you are holding on to something
> that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life,
> then you need to LET IT GO!!!
>
> If you are holding on to past hurts and pains ..
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth...
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If someone has angered you ...
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge ..
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction .
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or
> talents ..
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If you have a bad attitude...
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better...
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new
> level in Him...
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship....
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help
> themselves..
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If you're feeling depressed and stressed ...
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling
> yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need
> to...
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> Let the past be the past.
> Forget the former things.
> GOD is doing a new thing for 2007 !!!
> LET IT GO!!!
>
> Get Right or Get Left . think about it, and then
> LET IT GO!!!
>
>

juni

Hi JourneyOn,

No, it isn't reasonable behavior. But that is the organization's rules. It is very hurtful and there does come a point where you have to decide how you are going to respond.

Letting it go is one such way.

Peace to you,

Juni

avidbiblereader

If I had chosen a life of immorality or a criminal path, perhaps I could justify it to some extent, but all I did was study, research, pray, and choose to go in a different spiritual direction. As long as I live, I will never comprehend their reasoning for shunning flesh and blood.

Funny isn't it? They can shun others who opt not to believe their way but couldn't see it if a Catholic or Protestant did it to them while they were studying with the JW's. Double standard.

abr

The wanderer

Dear Journey-On:

Thank you for those well written verses. Taking
it one step further, life's journey's should pro-
gress in a positive direction at all times.

Thank you for taking the time to give us your
thoughts of the day.

Respectfully,

The Wanderer

greendawn

It's a good point that they shun even people that chose a different spiritual path to their own without even being able to explain why that path is not a good one or why theirs is better.

journey-on

Greendawn

That's exactly why it's so frustrating sometimes. All you want is the same respect they expect from you. If you're flesh and blood, it's only natural to be interested in how someone you love thinks and why they came to think that way. It's just normal. But with the JW's, they aren't interested. All we want is a chance to explain why we feel the way we do. We just want to be respected for having come to our conclusions with intelligent reasoning. Just listen, dammit!

ibme

The people who truly love us do not shun us. The rest, like your poem said, we must let them go. Keeping in mind that it is others that have seperated from us. If in time there can be some mutual respect, we can accept them back and let love heal the wounds. Thanks for your post. IBME

fifi40

Journey on

Thanks for the post......Let it Go.........is a great reminder and gives strength.

Wishing you happiness

Fi

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