Now when I hear this phrase I think of the movie Frozen. One of my all time favorite Disney movies. I bet you can hear the song playing in your head right now. Well let me tell you Elsa was onto something. This phrase is something that I say in my mind probably 1,000 times a day. For me it is a part of my self care routine and helps me put things in perspective. If I need to care about whatever IT is then I do, but if not then I LET IT GO!
I was driving to work a couple weeks back and there was the car that was riding my tail. I was going the speed limit and they were not having it. Getting closer and closer to my bumper and I could see the look of frustration on this driver’s face. I thought man this person must have somewhere super fun to get to because they are wanting me out of their way. Even though I was in the right lane, I moved over to the left so that this insistent drive could pass me by. They did just that with force. At first I felt so much frustration and then I thought to myself…why? Why am I frustrated at the other person I do not even know. Why do I care that they think I’m going too slow when I’m just doing the speed limit. So I said LET IT GO. I felt much better and continued driving to my job. As I turned the corner I could see this car in the distance that had passed me up on the highway. I thought they didn’t get very far for all that craziness. Then I pulled into the parking lot and the car that was supposed to be going somewhere fun was right there in my work parking lot. The person was parked a few spaces down from me and got out of their car probably 3 seconds before I did. All that crazy driving and we ended up at the same place seconds apart from one another. I was certainly glad that I didn’t let this frustrate me so much and it really put into perspective how we let little things in life bother us when we really should LET IT GO. It’s no big deal.
I’m not perfect at this but gosh do I try to not let the little things bother me. Every. Day. I’m constantly faced with situations in which I have very little control over and have to practice what I preach. I am writing to remind all of us to really look at what’s important in your life. There are many things that will happen beyond your control. I couldn’t control what the other driver was doing on my way to work. What I did have control over was how I responded to the situation. I could have chosen to be upset and frustrated but it wouldn’t have served me well to do that. Instead I was calm and able to walk into my job with peace and joy. When you can’t control a situation control how you react to it. Really take a look and say is this something I need to spend my energy on or can I let it go? Decide wisely and in the end situations that only drain your energy you will learn to LET IT GO! I promise your mind, body and soul will be happy that you did. Happy Tuesday.
-Tracy @mommytracerq
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