To Let Go

The following was spotted when I did research about prevention of burnout in counselling practice. I think it is equally applicable for care givers.

To Let Go is not to stop caring
It is recognizing I can't do it for someone else.
To Let Go is not to cut myself off
It is realizing I can't control another.

To Let Go is not to enable
But to allow learning from natural consequences.
To Let Go is not to fight powerlessness
But to accept that the outcome is not in my hands.

To Let Go is not to change or blame others
It is to make the most of myself.
To Let Go is not to care for, it is to care about.
To Let Go is not to fix, it is to be supportive.

To Let Go is not to judge,
It is to allow another to be a human being.
To Let Go is not to try to arrange outcomes,
But to allow others to affect their own destinies.

To Let Go is not to be protective,
It is to permit another to face their own reality.
To Let Go is not to regulate anyone,
But to strive to become what I can be.

TO LET GO IS NOT TO FEAR LESS IT IS TO LOVE MORE.

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