Let That Sh*t Go

I recently found myself in a place where I felt like nothing was going right for me, like the whole world was against me. I was in a bad place mentally, and all of my relationships were suffering because of it. I was stuck in the mindset of Why is this happening to me? What did I do to deserve this?

But the truth is: just because what we wanted to happen didn't, doesn't mean that we aren't deserving of it, or that it won't eventually happen.

Instead of continuing to indulge in self-pity, I began to look at things differently. By looking inward at these things happening to me, I realized that they had taught me and set me forward much more than they could've set me back. 

In today's world, where flashy luxury and other displays of wealth are viewed as a goal for many, it can be easy to lean towards abundance and give power to the things you don't have. 

But true abundance won't come from excess or expensive things; it comes from contentment with what you already have. And in trusting that if we don't already have all that we need in our lives, it'll come to us, we can just let that sh*t go. 

Most people are unable to move on and into the present because they live inside their heads, overthinking and replaying every scenario that's ever happened. And I say this as a chronic overthinker, but in enabling a mind that's constantly ruminating, your thoughts will never be still. 

Ever since I learned about the law of detachment, which essentially talks about how it all begins in your mind, what you give power to has power over you, if you allow it, my perspective on this has shifted. When we're grasping onto something, trying desperately to get it to stay in our lives, we're simply enforcing the fear that we need whatever it may be, but we don't really have it. 

You break up with your significant other or have a falling out with one of your closest friends, and you can't help but fixate on everything that went wrong in the relationship, torturing yourself with the thoughts of if there's something you could've done differently, maybe it wouldn't have ended.

Without the risk of sounding too cliche, it genuinely does help to think of everything that's gone right rather than fixating on all that's gone wrong. This relationship, whatever it might've brought, was just a lesson. Even though it probably felt like it was the end of the world at the time, in retrospect, it likely opened your eyes to a lot of things you were blind to before.

With all this being said, the main takeaway for this should be that wanting nothing gives you everything. By letting go of what you think should happen and opening yourself up to the possibility of what could, you create space for clarity. And in turn, you begin to open up doors for yourself that you didn't even know existed. 

Strike Out,

Elise Archer

Boca Raton

Elise Archer is a Content Writer for Strike Magazine Boca. She has a passion for everything creative- and she’s a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. If you can’t reach her, she’s either busy shopping, lost somewhere, or writing. But if you would like to: elisearcher111@gmail.com or on Instagram @elisearcherr