Let It Go!

2015 was a hell of a year and I learned a lot.

I learned that I don't have to shovel snow - After having a heart attack the year before, I can just Let It Go! Someone else will clear it or it will melt away.

I learned that worrying doesn't accomplish anything. If I do my best to fix the problem and then Let It Go, it usually melts away.

I have learned not to forget the wrongs done to me, but not to hold a grudge - Just Let It Go, and the anger melts away. In the last, somewhat heated, conversation I had with my brother, in the end, I told him I loved him. I don't think he said it back. A couple days later, he died in a fire. I hope he believed me.

I have learned that an object, whether big or small, is only as important as the memory behind it, as long as I hold onto that memory and don't Let It Go. The house I grew up in was burned in a fire and then demolished, but those memories will never melt away.

I have learned that my home being a mess doesn't matter; all the dusting, vacuuming and cleaning, I can just Let It Go until another day. The time I get to spend with my Grandson is so much more important. We do arts and crafts and read and have so much fun, he just melts my heart.

I have learned that I am important. The things I want and need and the feelings I have really do matter. I shouldn't give up and Let It Go. For the first time, I realize I am not responsible for everyone else's happiness; I am only responsible for my own. Making myself miserable in order to make someone else happy is quite the wretched existence and that doesn't just melt away.

I hope I can be a better person in 2016 and I hope all my family and friends will enjoy good health and happiness throughout the year. I love you all and I thank you for sharing my life with me.