Letting Go

So, how do I expect to go about this process of letting go? I have read several articles that tackle the so-called art of letting go and I agree with most of them. I especially associate myself to those who believe that letting go does not mean getting rid of parts of you or your life - be it a person, thing, feeling or idea.

It is not attachment that hurts us but detachment. Some take this as a precaution to never be attached to anything in order to avoid loss. But I don't buy that. How else can you experience life without attachment? I think it is necessary to be attached, to hold on to every person or thing that life gives us. We should embrace and experience fully whatever is right there in front of us at each moment, and then when it is time for you to leave or be left behind, do not fight it.

At the bottom of letting go is not detachment but acceptance. Acceptance for what once was, now is and probably will be.

This blog sums it up in four words, accept that "like before is gone."

Foreword

I used to have a blog with the same title and tagline as this one, which i deleted in 2007. I am reviving it now in an effort to document the befores in my life that were gone - temporarily or for good, I am not sure.

During the time when I started the original blog, I was thinking of coming out with a book in the process. The book would be about all the stuff of life that were taken away from me - things, pets, friends, loved ones and even time as well - by someone, over time, out of mistake, due to selective amnesia or by forces of nature.

I am not one to dwell in the past but I value the ~experience. So here I will try to document my memories of the lost and eventually learn to let them go completely. Wish me luck.