Letting go is often misunderstood as loss or failure. In truth, it is a sacred discernment—a quiet knowing that a season has ended, making room for something new to take root.
Words of Light
“There is a time to keep and a time to throw away.” — Ecclesiastes 3:6
Reflection
Letting go is often misunderstood.
It’s framed as loss, weakness, or retreat—when in truth, it is discernment.
Letting go is not giving up on what matters.
It is releasing what no longer carries life.
Sometimes what we’re holding isn’t faith—it’s fear dressed as responsibility.
Sometimes persistence becomes pressure, and endurance quietly turns into exhaustion.
Letting go asks us to notice the difference.
There are seasons when effort is faithful.
And there are seasons when effort becomes resistance.
Letting go does not mean you stop caring.
It means you stop carrying what was never meant to be yours alone.
Release creates space—not emptiness, but room.
Room for breath.
Room for clarity.
Room for God to move where striving once stood.
What you lay down today may not be finished—it may simply be transforming.
Letting go is often the doorway through which healing enters.
This is not surrender to defeat.
It is surrender to wisdom.
Pause and Consider…
What are you holding that feels heavier than it once did?
Where might release be an act of trust rather than loss?
What would it feel like to loosen your grip—just a little?
Journal Prompts
I am holding onto _________ because _________.
What I fear might happen if I let go is _________.
What becomes possible when I imagine releasing this is _________.
Letting go could be an act of faith because _________.
Affirmation
I release what no longer aligns with the life I am becoming.
I trust that letting go makes room for renewal, clarity, and peace.
Closing Word
Letting go does not erase your story.
It honors it.
What you release today does not disappear—it settles into its proper place.
And what remains is lighter, truer, and ready to grow.
If this reflection stirred something in you, the Letting Go hub offers a deeper space to explore release, surrender, and the renewal that follows—gently, honestly, and at your own pace.
Peace,
Rita
Rita Lynn Berry, EdS, LCMHC, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and the founder of NewVision Counseling and Consulting Services, PLLC. She is also the creator of the Journey to Me™ program and Mend n Muse Media™, where she shares tools and reflections that support healing, resilience, and self-love.