“I think it's part of your mental health to let go of things. I think if you would have it all right there, it would be a little overwhelming. I don't know how you'd have a relationship. When you have a relationship, don't two people collude to kind of forget certain things?” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindLittlesTwoWould BeCertainForgetKnow HowLetting GoMental HealthOverwhelming Author:Dylan Walsh
“Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available.” WayWantWholeCareCertainOrderLetting GoAvailableArchitectureShops Author:Peter Zumthor
“Filmmaking is such a collaboration. At a certain point, I suppose you do have to let go and trust the people you're working with.” PeopleCertainLetting GoCollaborationFilmmaking Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Faith is a state of openness or trust...In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to the truth, whatever it might turn out to be.” PersonsIdeasMatterStatesMightCertainFaithTurnsUniverseAttitudeLetting GoOpennessFanatics Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“As a DJ, people expect a certain sound and a certain danceability for the music. As a producer, I really like to let go of any rules that may exist.” PeopleMayCertainSoundLetting GoProducersDjs Author:Armin van Buuren
“The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up - it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together.” ThinkingKindTogetherCertainLetting GoPerceptionConsciousDancingUnconsciousUrgesFreezeComing Together Author:Michael Light
“To let go of the illusion that I'm in control is an important lesson, because I tend to be a person who likes to be in control, not only of my art but of my life and things around me, and it can be healthy up to a certain point, but at the end of the day, we have to go on faith and learn to let go and ride the wave.” PersonsArtImportantEndsCertainGoes OnHealthyLessonsLetting GoIllusionWaveLikesThe End Of The DayImportant LessonsLearn To Let Go Author:Lenny Kravitz
“Everyone knows pain. We are not meant to carry it forever. We were never meant to hold it so closely, so be certain in the belief that what pain belongs to now will belong soon to then. That when someone asks you how was your day, realize that for some of us - it's the only way we know how to say, be calm. Loosen your grip, opening each palm, slowly now - let go.” KnowsWayPainCertainAsksBeliefRealizingKnow HowForeverLetting GoCalmOpeningPalms Author:Shane Koyczan
“You can adapt to certain situations and to a certain way of life, but it has to be difficult to fully let go of something.” WayCertainDifficultSituationLetting Go Author:Eoin Macken
“If you stay in the word of God then you'll get a fresh leading of new things to share. I share my testimony of what God has done, but there's certain things that when I slip into the Word and let God speak to me through His Word and it's a fresh thing for me to share.” IfsDoneCertainSpeakShareLetting GoWord Of GodSlipsNew ThingsTestimony Author:Jeremy Camp
“Many of our holidays revolve around traumas that happened to our people and how we must remember them in specific ways. The way these stories are told and what we take away from them can change, and do in certain contexts, but overall I am not sure whether Jews want to let go of the narrative of the victim.” PeopleWayWantStoriesRememberCertainHappenedLetting GoVictimJewTraumaNarrativeNot SureHoliday Author:Jill Soloway
“You don't have to fit into a particular box. You fit into a box that you're comfortable in, and you'll attract people with like minds. It took me a while to figure this out, but there are many ideals. You have to figure right what's best for you and that will radiate out of you. I think a certain amount of letting go and being brave and not being afraid to make mistakes to get there.” PeopleThinkingMindCertainMistakeFiguresParticularAmountFitLetting GoComfortableIdealsBraveBoxesMaking MistakesBeing Afraid Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trust it.” CertainRecordsLetting Go Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“For me, it's the slow release of my ego and certain belief systems that I identify with that give me comfort and an identity, and it's scary to let go of that.” GivingCertainBeliefIdentityComfortLetting GoEgoGive MeScaryReleaseBelief Systems Author:Richard Brancatisano
“If you hold on to certain things that are comfortable and maybe a bad pattern for you psychologically, then you rob yourself of the experience of the next thing that happens when you do start to let go. It's only by trusting that, and by the leaps of faith, that you remember that's true.” IfsHappensRememberCertainNextLetting GoComfortablePatternsLeapLeap Of Faith Author:Rachael Yamagata
“When I write, I picture the characters a certain way in my head, and they're not like any actor or actress. It's almost hard for me to let go of my ideas as to the way they look.” WayWritingLooksIdeasHardCharacterCertainActorsLetting GoActresses Author:Emily Giffin
“If war stems from unmet needs related to male adolescent ritual, that's something that we need to examine. I'm interested in the possibility of simply getting rid of war. I'd be no more willing to let go of that than to let go of the possibility of eradicating cancer. That's not to say I'm certain we can, but I am willing to use any energy at all in the quest.” IfsNeedsWarUseCertainEnergyPossibilityWillingLetting GoMalesCancerRelatedRitualQuestsStemUnmet Needs Author:Jaron Lanier
“There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.” LoveLifeInspirationalCertainTimeWiseLetting GoHeartbreakBroken HeartHeartbrokenDepartureForget YouPlaces To GoSad Breaking HeartGood GoodbyeSaying Goodbye Is HardGone Love Book:Camino Real Source: Camino Real
“You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt, and always rush to their side with Band-Aids, they won't learn about life, and what is true, what works, what helps, and what are real consequences of certain kinds of behavior. When they do get hurt, which they will, they won't know how to take care of their grown selves. They won't even know where the aspirin is kept.” IfsKnowsTryingKindChildrenRealSelfHelpingCareCertainFallSidesHurtKnow HowFailingBandProtectLetting GoBehaviorConsequenceTake CareAidsYour ChildrenAspirinBand AidLearn To Let Go Author:Anne Lamott
“My father once told me of a trick question he used in a college class on forest fire control. If there was a fire coming from a certain direction and wind was coming from another, what was the best thing to do? The right answer was, "Run like hell and pray for rain," but few students ever got it. So allow yourself the freedom of knowing there are times to bail out, quit, run, leave the struggle, and have more time for joy.” IfsRunningUsedJoyCertainFatherAnswersClassStruggleHellKnowingFireStudentsCollegeWindPrayingLetting GoRainQuittingTricksForestsBest ThingsThings To DoMore TimeRight AnswersBailForest Fires Author:Charlotte Sophia Kasl
“Renunciation is not about pushing something away, it is about letting go. It's facing the fact that certain things cause us pain, and they cause other people pain. Renunciation is a commitment to let go of things that create suffering. It is the intention to stop hurting ourselves and others.” PeopleFactsPainCertainSufferingCausesHurtLetting GoCommitmentIntentionPushingRenunciation Author:Noah Levine
“Speakers find joy in public speaking when they realize that a speech is all about the audience, not the speaker. Most speakers are so caught up in their own concerns and so driven to cover certain points or get a certain message across that they can't be bothered to think in more than a perfunctory way about the audience. And the irony is, of course, that there is no hope of getting your message across if that's all the energy you put into the audience. So let go, and give the moment to the audience.” IfsThinkingWayGivingMomentsJoyCertainCoursesEnergyRealizingAudienceLetting GoSpeechMessagesConcernCaughtDrivenIronySpeakersCaught UpBotheredPublic SpeakingNo Hope Author:Nick Morgan
“As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war ... You have to learn when to let go. And that's not easy.” TryingWarCertainEasyParentAmountLetting GoTug Of War Author:Aretha Franklin
“You've got this amazing creature- yourself- that can breathe, dance, and cry. And you have a certain amount of moments (maybe a few million moments-but moments they are) and you have this chance to do absolutely anything- to reach out to another vulnerable & true. To dance on the roof of euphoria and pray beside the ocean to let go. We have the chance every moment to Be Alive and give to this world who needs each one of us so badly.” WorldLifeNeedsGivingMomentsInspirationCertainChanceMillionsAliveCryThis WorldAmountPrayingCreaturesLetting GoOceanBreatheVulnerableReach OutRoofEuphoria Author:Sabrina Ward Harrison