Today I heard this....

Already Gone 
Songwriters:  Kelly Clarkson, Ryan Tedder
Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye
Even with our fists held high
It never would've worked out right
We were never meant for do or die
I didn't want us to burn out
I didn't come here to hold you, now I can't stop
I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone
Looking at you makes it harder
But I know that you'll find another
That doesn't always make you want to cry
Started with a perfect kiss then we could feel the poison set in
Perfect couldn't keep this love alive
You know that I love you so, I love you enough to let you go
I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone
I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on so I'm already gone
Already gone, already gone, already gone
Already gone, already gone, already gone, yeah
Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye
I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone
I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on so I'm already gone

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I heard this song for the first time today.
(mmmmm what does that say about me???)

I realize, in this song, the singer is specifically

speaking about a relationship

But as I listened deeper to the lyrics

it made me think about

how there are many different things

in my life

I have had to let go of.

Things I could not keep for myself

or

Things that were not meant for me to begin with
or
Things that were not for my higher good


Sometimes we don't get the choice to let go...
but, OH!, how empowering is it when we do
when we make the decision
"This is no longer for me....I'm already gone"

I find the older I get the easier this becomes
I feel the Freedom in making these decisions for myself
knowing it is for my greater good
and maybe it is for someone else's great good as well.
It could be a simple as 
an article of clothing
food that I eat
a practice that no longer is necessary
It could be as challenging as
the inner speak I have for myself
what I think when I look in the mirror
what I say to myself when I make a mistake
what I say about others to myself,
when they make a mistake.


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Letting go
does not always have to bring with it the pain of loosing
Letting go
can bring 
Release
Truth
Love 
Light


Letting go
releases
Trust
Hope
Joy
Knowing
Peace

It is amazing the thoughts
 that one song, in your day, can evoke.


What thoughts have walked with you today?


Love and Light

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