When we embrace change in our lives, either by abrupt situations that forced us to do it or by conviction and personal decisions, it is always an uncomfortable and even painful choice. Often this is accompanied by the closing of cycles, which, although it is necessary to finish them, we find it difficult to give them closure, because we are filled with anxiety and fear of the unknown. In the end we have a story in our head that does not let us let go, we believe that being like this is better than being free. That is why, as we find ourselves closing the 2021 cycle of challenges, we thought it was very important to share with you 5 reasons why it is important to learn to let go.

From a Buddhist perspective, learning to let go is one of the highest virtues that human beings can attain. One who learns to let go is able to build lasting happiness. It is someone who can hardly be depressed by worldly concerns and who, day by day, is able to give the best of himself to others, without being filled with disappointment because he does not expect anything in return. From this doctrine it is affirmed that "The root of all suffering is attachment" and if we transfer these words to our daily experiences and to those that in one way or another have marked our lives, we will find that they not only apply in a spiritual and personal area of our lives, but they apply to everything: our finances, our friends, our work, aspirations, etc.
 

Now we will talk about 5 very powerful reasons why you must learn to let go in order to move forward in your life project and personal growth:

• Develop strength and resilience: The person who learns to let go is someone who also learns to see opportunities where almost no one else sees them, is the one who builds on the obstacles, the greatest sources of acquiring wisdom and inner strength. When you hold on to nothing but yourself and your convictions, giving up will never be an option. Just stop to observe those who have had it all and from one moment to another, have also lost it, because facing a tough situation like this, has also led them to one of the greatest gains: knowing how to differentiate in life, what has real value and what does not

• Build Habits of mental health: When you understand at what point you must let go of situations, people and processes that do not allow you to move forward, you have the power to not let your mind dominate you in a negative way. You begin to perceive life as a constant transformation, as a search for personal well-being (without being selfish) that sometimes will require us to make difficult decisions that at the time will fill our eyes with tears, but then we will embrace them with joy and understand that we make them out of self-love and loyalty to ourselves. This will help us not to go into crisis when adverse situations arise, not to take refuge in depression or deep sadness, but rather it will invite us to assume the situations with the greatest possible maturity and attending them with the greatest optimism and effort that we can give. The person who knows when to let go has an additional training and advantage that will not allow him/her to collapse in a crisis.

• New experiences bring new learning: Nothing in life is static and eternal. Although culturally we have been implanted that stability disguised as monotony is the ideal state, this is not really so.  Monotony shelters us under a false insecurity, fills our minds with cobwebs, laziness and denies us the possibility to continue learning, to feed our curiosity in front of life. That is why the one who let’s go is also free to head towards other unknown directions, he gives himself the opportunity to learn about new places, people and perspectives of life, which will undoubtedly contribute to his maturity and inner growth.

• Learn to give value to what really has value: In such a consumerist world where many only care about acquiring material goods, to make an impression on others and not to impress themselves, it is necessary every day to pause and reflect on the things that really have a value for our lives beyond the material, such as our family, friends, people around us and the daily efforts we make every day to be better people; no doubt these are elements that shape us and represent the greatest "treasure of life" that we possess.

• Those who let go move forward and give themselves a new opportunity: While it is true that we cannot completely detach ourselves from our past, since it has played a very important role in shaping us and showing who we are in the present, it is also worth mentioning that those who do not cling to their past as a unique possibility, are also capable of starting from zero without negative and nostalgic attachments. To let go is to move forward without fear, it is to give up one static possibility to explore thousands that are waiting for us.

From Rocio Life Coach we are in constant search and design of life experiences that strengthen you and work in your favor so that all the qualities you possess, shine with their maximum potential. Our greatest desire is to accompany you in this search and development of strategies that help you to "let go", because when you go light of "baggage" and the burdens are left behind, you can rise higher than you can imagine.