Let Them.

Based on a true story.  ;-)

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I'm so grateful to feel this way here at the end of a pivotal year in my adult life!

I have worried a bit about annoying others by posting lots of celebratory things toward the end of this year.  Then I saw this and thought, YES, Mel Robbins!

My favorite quote from Mel's new audiobook (finished it last night and loved it):

"Never feel bad about asking for what you deserve...

A real conversation only destroys something that's fake."

Mic drop.

Paraphrased from the book:  As people come in and out of your life, as the energy shifts, let them.  Trust the timing... when someone drifts away and the energy feels off, don't make them your enemy.  Let them be.  You always get to choose who and how you love.  Other people do not hold the power in your relationships - you do.  When you say "let them," you accept people as they are, and you accept their behavior as the truth about how they feel about you.  When you say "let me," you choose how love shows up in your life.  Let them be who they are and live their lives without judgment or pressure from you, and let me show up fully and communicate what I need and take responsibility for MY choices!! ❤

I ordered the hoodie pictured above.

And "Let Them" is my chosen theme for 2025.

Mel is very clear that the let them theory is always two-parts:

You say, "Let them....., and let ME......"

Let them be themselves and focus on what's important to them.

Let me be myself and focus on what's important to me!

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Let them live without pressure or judgment from me; let me take responsibility for changing my own life one habit at a time!

Let them be themselves - let them judge and have their opinions and unique viewpoints.  Let me be myself, not shrinking or hiding to fit anyone else's idea of what I should be.

Big new challenges ahead - ready to face them and lean into the rough adjustment period.  

Let others love and support me; let me keep learning and growing!

Let God be God; let me submit myself to His will.

In conclusion, it boils down to releasing what I can't control and taking responsibility for what I can - my 2025 goal is to LET THEM - let other people have the full freedom to be themselves (believing their behavior over their words), and not seeking to pressure or control them.  And LET ME press in and step up and take responsibility for my own JOY and energy and daily decisions.  And most importantly, let all of that be done out of sincere love for God and others and myself! ❤