There are quite a few reasons why this slogan sticks out to me! Not only does it give a mixed message but it kind of doesn’t make any sense. What do I mean by “them”? Who is them? Well, “Let Them Go” does not speak to a single situation or person but to an entire conjunction of circumstances. We are individually going through or facing many obstacles and setbacks on a daily basis whether strongly impacting our livelihood or not, hence, we must let them go.
A moment of truth usually comes when a person reads, “let them go” and make it personal. Lets make this statement personal to you.
What does them mean to you? Are there a few things or several things in your life that you need to let go of? Think about those few or many obstacles that are affecting your life that you do not even have an option of keeping. This quote represents just that. It barks up things within us that are sometimes such a cluster of baggage that we need to unearth and simply let go.
Throughout my life I have held on to some many things that stayed with me for years, and whenever I would let one thing go it always felt like change didn’t happen. Why? I had a garage of baggage I needed to go through and begin to throw in the dumpster. This doesn’t mean letting one thing go isn’t taking a step in the right direction but when you let “them” go, it is you already getting to a place where you recognize “them” must go, whatever them mean to you. Them represent not just one thing but everything.
How about that relationship? Possibly some bitterness, envy, unforgiveness, regret and malice? The more we think about it, a domino effect can define “them”. There are things in our lives that are connected, and when you let one thing go the rest usually follow. Sometimes we have to go to the root, or in spiritual warfare, the strong and break the link that has taken such a heavy root in your life. Bitterness and envy go hand in hand, when you let bitterness go envy usually follow, vice versa. When you let an unhealthy relationship go, all the things that are linked within the experience you are having will follow. Therefore, we must let them go.
There are times when we fail to realize how one action can be linked or rooted in another. How we behave as adults is rooted in a childhood experience that changed or perception of self and of others, and its sole purpose is to protect us even when the behavior is destroying us. People who are frequent drug users do not partake to destroy themselves but to escape or numb the pain of a painful experience. Letting drugs go is realize it is destroying you, which will present the opportunity to address what is driving the drug use. Therefore, you are not only letting drugs go but the purpose of the using the drug, which could be, childhood trauma or abuse. When you address childhood trauma, you are addressing both thoughts and behavior, while gaining a perspective of the systems involved in the trauma, like family or neighbor, and finding ways to heal.
Whatever you are holding on to, that is hurting you and preventing you from growing joyfully and in the grace of God, let them go. You will grow peacefully, joyfully, gracefully and healthy into the plan and purpose God has spoken over your life before the foundation of the earth. People and other circumstance, whether alternate or simply a setup, that are of no importance to where you are headed, better yet, where God is leading you, let them go.