By: Juliana Pires Johnson
Over fajitas and margaritas with my now husband and parents, the week of our wedding, my dad casually mentioned, between sips of his Pancho’s “Naughty Maggie” margarita, that the biggest lesson in his life, which he wanted to share was to always learn to “let it go.”
It was so casual for a message that was so impactful. Although it took me a while to really understand that letting go doesn’t mean forgetting and keeping events, situations or people who upset you stored in your body, stored in your subconscious; I now Know that letting go means accepting, processing, forgiving (you and others) and remaining unattached to those people, past situation, thoughts or things. All of these being attributes of the EGO.
Just let it go, let go of the ego, your ego is not your amigo (credit to Karla Welch for that last one).
Toss the ego
Embrace the soul
It’s the only way forward
For you to grow
What they think about you
Is their thought to bear
What’s expected by others of you
Is their expectation to care
What you Know about you
Is your work to do
To believe that your Spirit
Is the only true you