It Will All Work Out: The Freedom of Letting Go

by Kevin Hart

when you have to sit with the consequences of your actions, and you really don’t want to live with them, you almost have no choice but to gain a new perspective and become a different person.

Any form of control is really just protection. And you get protective because you’re afraid. And you’re afraid because you don’t trust.

I stopped giving people energy or engaging with them, because I felt their level of go-getting was low. The thing is, most of the time it wasn’t really low at all. They just didn’t go about things the way I did. But I assumed that if their way wasn’t like mine, well, that couldn’t be correct. And if their way was like mine, then I could do it better and they were unnecessary. Nugget alert. Just because people aren’t like you doesn’t mean they’re not capable. Because there’s only one you. There are not going to be more versions of you. You can’t judge others by comparing them to yourself. You have to let people show you what they’re capable of. Because when you’re so worried about people doing it wrong, you never give them a chance to do it right.