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Time to Let Go
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Time to Let Go |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida 
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Time to Let Go It is time to let go please ease up on your clasp And free my hand It is time to plan The rest of my life Please start putting yours in order So I may be free to live my own. Jo PerryMay 2002 |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Martyjo, this is so deeply significant and poignant too, it touched a cord within me and it moved me. It is of extreme importance I think to know when the time is right to let go of attachment. Thank you for this wise reminder. Love and hugs. Margherita |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Wise counsel for so many, Jo. Ida |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
It's not always as simple as it looks. |
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Yuka Member
since 2010-08-19
Posts 71china |
yes, sometimes we must let go. good writing. Yuka Chan |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Thank you all for stopping in. I have not posted because as you can see by the date on this,I have not been writing much. I found this while trying to clean out old papers and had forgotten I had written it. It is hard as you say, Easy 1, because it goes both ways.How do we know when it is time to really let go? When is our job really finished? Thank you and welcome Yuka, This is the first I have seen your name. Margherita and Ida thanks so much for stopping here to give your thoughts.I appreciate you all. latearrival/ jo |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Oh, yes. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
There is a very famous painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel--and recently it dawned on me that maybe that painting was not a depiction of God pointing, at all. Maybe that extended finger was just the lingering extension of a loving handhold... 'cause it is true. If we want the baby to walk, we have to put the baby down... love you martyjo.  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
indeed! thanks for this one martyjo, it made me feel a little 'free' |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Jo - I had a boyfriend once who always used to say that planned arrangements never work out. In my instance his words have proved to be true because not yet am I able to plan my own life - too many hiccups not of my own making. Not always easy to "put the baby down" but between the writing and now I hope you did manage it. Helen |
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Eusta B. Mae Senior Member
since 2010-05-03
Posts 903 |
So simple, so true, so easier said than done. ebm |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Icebox, you extend me just by appearing here. Serenity I learn from you. Dixie, too late we learn, you know me as much as you know yourself. Helen, it seems no matter how much we think we know,we really have not learned the lesson. Esuta mae Agreed. Thank you all for aappearing here. latearrival/jo |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
awww...yanno, loving someone, sometimes means you love them so much you'll let them go... very well done sweet lady |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Whew, yea not an easy thing to do. An emotional write to be sure, and so nicely penned. *enjoyed* |
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Misty Lilacs Senior Member
since 2005-11-15
Posts 1060White Birch Forest |
Always a hard time. Thanks for writing this; there is much wisdom in it! ooxx Marti
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Lee, Blues and Misty. Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate you. latearrival |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I thought of my Mother as I read this. I don't think I'll ever be ready to let her go. I love this poem, my dear friend. And, I am tucking it away in my "Save" file. xoxoxo A |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Alison check your e-mail. jo |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
jo I know the feeling of not writing much. this is a necessary piece of work and well done. Kate |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Kate, Thank you very much.jo |
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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt Senior Member
since 2003-10-26
Posts 1105Watertown, NY |
To be the first to "let go" and start anew takes courage - I applaud you. Enjoyed this. -Trina. |
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