My dad was always sharing this quote with me “there is no need for unnecessary suffering”.

Every time I showed up at home with a personal dilemma he would always express that I stayed too long in suffering.
Whether it was my analysis of the problem OR of needing to have a better understanding of what was happening to me and my life. He always concluded I had stayed too long in suffering like it was a vacation or promised destination that I enjoyed visiting and didn't know when to come home. Hmm

Unfortunately, this played out in my divorce and other struggles in my past until I finally understood there was an actual process to Letting Go, which was simply the act of letting go. Hmm

UNSEEN RITUALS

Processes can be seen as rituals sometimes. Particular actions and steps you do in a sequence that is directed energetically to the outcome you want.
So Letting Go could be in the image of releasing the string of a balloon from your hand and watching it drift away...

There is a song called ‘Celebration’ by Kool & The Gang and to me, it speaks of an attitude we need to have in our letting go. We can put it into our morning rituals or afternoon walks but it’s time to celebrate. Celebrate that you are here right now making the best of this moment with the pandemic energy in tow.

“Whatever is dragging you down...

Whatever problem or challenge you've got that keeps dragging down your mood, be willing to release it today. Releasing it does not mean giving up - it simply means turning it over to a "higher power" (the universe, God, angels, or whatever your perception of divinity may be).

 Continuing to struggle with a challenge takes a lot of mental and emotional energy, which leaves you feeling drained and frustrated.

 When you make a conscious choice to release it and stop worrying about it, you ease much of the resistance that was keeping you stuck. Suddenly, solutions and ideas can flow freely.” - Positive Thought of the Day

Solutions and ideas can flow freely as the balloon drifting away with the heavy emotions that are dragging you down.

This is a practice of intentionally shifting your inner state of being and energetic attention to flow in the direction you want it to go in. Meaning redirect (your power) the attention from feeling down to feeling motivated, calm, hopeful, etc.

Release the balloon in order to allow more positive emotions to come in
⇒ point these positive emotions in the direction of celebrating... what you want and where you want to go ⇒ point the energy in a direction that satisfies your highest good, your True Self... like the ‘wise men following the North Star’.