If I had to sum this letter up in one sentence it would this:
The true test of inner strength is letting go of the known; to see life transform in the direction you create starts with honoring the loss of what must be let go to grow.
If you’ve not yet made your list of accomplishments and set your course for a gentle entry into the New Year, click here: it will take you to my letter explaining my method.
Today we honor the release.
Our choice to let go and suffer a loss should be held in high regard, possibly more so even than our accomplishments. Making a conscious decision to let go of a relationship, to tackle an addiction, to remove ourselves from an unhealthy situation—these are signs of emotional maturity that require a higher order of self-worth and they deserve to be acknowledged in our reflection on another year complete.
Honoring the choice inside the letting go is the final step in release.
I used to be terrible at this part— the honoring of letting go. There was shame in the fact that I couldn’t hold onto everything that once belonged to me, that I couldn’t maintain the equilibrium that I had so valiantly strived to build up.
The wisdom of age has taught me this—there is as much celebration in the receiving, as there is in the letting go. As we honor those that have died over the past year year I would like to suggest adding a twist.
Death is Alive
Death of a soul is a significant moment that needs to be honored. The intensity of the grief signifies the fingerprints these people left upon our lives. Grief is equal parts pain and celebration, both for what is lost and what we were lucky enough to share.
The intentional loss, the choice to let go (of job, relationship, though pattern)— these are also monumental losses that need to be acknowledged and honored. Honoring their release captures the event and documents the progress being made on an internal scale.
Death lives inside these choices. It’s not just about the loss of a life—it’s about the life we choose to loose to welcome in one we desire more.
Refinement within the moment
Change is still change, regardless of how the loss occurred. When we make an informed choice and become alchemist inside our lives, we intentionally create the life we desire to live in.
Over these next few weeks we will continue to distill what we want that life to look like inside 2024. Know this—some things must be let go in order for the possibilities to rise up and meet you where you need them.
This is why the refinement of thought is so important. If we are to be intentional within the creation of our lives, specific focus is needed. The distraction of not closing out our losses with acknowledgment stunts our expansion.
With 2023 at a close, take stock of those that have left this world to move onward, also honor the intentional losses. What have you let go this year or what has been lost?
Wishing you a Blessed New Year, may the change of perspective be the drive needed to step forward with a full heart and a centered mind.
Love,
Lenaleah💕
Sometimes speaking of a big change made out of choice adds a powerful sense of closure. Please utilize the comment section as a sacred space to be heard and acknowledged. I will leave the candle burning for you. 💜