A small smile came over her face. A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore.

"She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go. She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around in her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within herself. She let go of all the 'right' reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go. She didn't ask anyone for advice. She didn't read a book on how to let go. She didn't search the scriptures. She just let go.

She let go of all of the memories that held her back. She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward. She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.

She didn't promise to let go. She didn't journal about it. She didn't write the projected date in her Day-Timer. She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper. She didn't check the weather report or read her daily horoscope, She just let go. She didn't analyze whether she should let go. She didn't call her friends to discuss the matter. She didn't do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment. She didn't call the prayer line. She didn't utter one word. She just let go.

No one was around when it happened. There was no applause or congratulations. No one thanked her or praised her. No one noticed a thing. Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go. There was no effort. There was no struggle. It wasn't good and it wasn't bad. It was what it was, and it is just that. In the space of letting go, she let it all be.

A small smile came over her face. A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore." - Ernest Holmes

She Just Let Go.

February 16, 1993 - September 10, 2013. A "Mary Richards" kind of a day.

Remind you of anyone?

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7 months.

If you asked me how many times you’ve crossed my mind I would say once because you never left. I still feel your playfulness everywhere.

Love you so much, sweet boy.

February 5, 1917 - May 18, 1999

Dear Grandpa,

I wish that I could sit next to you one last time, to interrupt you reading your newspaper after the long day’s work and try to make you laugh. To shift your attention to mine.

I wish that I could stand next to you in your workshop for just one more day. You won’t let me tinker with whatever it is you’re fixing and I’ll hand you all the wrong tools but I’d be so happy being there just to hear all the funny things you'd say.

I wish that I could hold your hand for one last minute, so I could feel your big strong fingers in mine. To look up at you thinking you're the best Grandpa a girl could ever have.

I wish that I could hug you for one last hour, and tell you you're the greatest, that I listened to all you said and I learned from you, more than you'll ever know.

I miss you, my dear Grandpa. Each day, I pray you watch out for me, live in my heart and forever be my guiding light.

Grateful to my Friend, Mentor & fellow Ambassador of Fitness!

"SURROUND YOURSELF with the DREAMERS and the DOERS. the BELIEVERS and the THINKERS, but most of all SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THOSE WHO SEE the GREATNESS WITHIN YOU, especially when you've lost sight of it yourself"

Thank you for always being a Dreamer and a Doer. A Believer, a Thinker, and especially...a Seer!

After we spoke I happened to see the following quote. It further reinforces your point. Thanks for the validation and perspective.

Mother's Day - 05/09/1999

Her eyes met ours as she walked down the corridor peering apprehensively into the cages. We felt her need instantly and knew we had to help her.

We chased each others tail, not too exuberantly, so she wouldn't be afraid. As she stopped at our cage we blocked her view from a little accident we had in the back of our cage. We didn't want her to know that our cage hadn't been cleaned yet today. Sometimes the overworked shelter keepers get too busy and we didn't want her to think poorly of them.

As she read our shelter card we hoped that she wouldn't feel sad about our past.We only have the future to look forward to and want to make a difference in someone's life.

She got down on her knees and made little kissy sounds at us.  We shoved a shoulder and side of our head up against the bars to comfort her. Gentle fingertips caressed our neck; she was desperate for companionship. A tear fell down her cheek and we raised a paw to assure her that all would be well.

Soon our cage door opened and her smile was so bright that we instantly jumped into her arms. (Of course it took one of us longer...about 2 hours...to give her the purr she so desperately wished to hear.)

 We would promise to keep her safe.
 We would promise to always be by her side.
 We would promise to do everything we could to see that radiant smile and sparkle in her eyes.

We were so fortunate that she came down our corridor. So many more are out there who haven't walked the corridors. So many more to be saved. At least we could save one.

We rescued a human today.

Murray & Ira (also known as Gumdrop & Gilligan)

Promise Me

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh