I borrowed this from Mother Wintermoon at Romancing the Crone. It is very moving. I wish I had read this two years ago. It would have helped immensely.

Let It Go
by T.D. Jakes

There are people who can walk away from you.
And hear me when I tell you this!
When people can walk away from you
LET THEM WALK

I don’t want you to try to talk another person
into staying with you,
loving you, calling you, caring about you,
coming to see you, staying attached to you.
I mean hang up the phone!

When people walk away from you, let them walk.
Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.

People leave you because they are not joined to you.
And if they are not joined to you,
you can’t make them stay.
LET THEM GO

And it doesn’t mean that they are a bad person,
it just means that their part in the story is over.
And you’ve got to know when people’s
part in your story is over so
you don’t keep trying to raise the dead.
You’ve got to know when it’s dead

You’ve got to know when it’s over.
Let me tell you something.
I’ve got the gift of good-bye.
It’s the tenth spiritual gift.

I believe in good-bye.
It’s not that I’m hateful, it’s that I’m faithful
and I know
whatever God means for me to have He’ll give it to me.
And if it takes too much sweat I don’t need it.
Stop begging people to stay.
LET THEM GO

If you are holding on to something that doesn’t belong to you
and was never intended for you in your life, then you need to
LET IT GO

If someone can’t treat you right, love you back
and see your worth
LET IT GO

If you are holding on to past hurts and pains
LET IT GO

If someone has angered you.
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and
revenge.
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction.
If you have a bad attitude.
LET IT GO

If you keep judging others to make you feel better
you are stuck in the past and God is trying
to take you to a new level in Him.
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship.
If you keep trying to help someone
who won’t even try to help themselves.
LET IT GO

If you’re feeling depressed and stressed
LET IT GO

If there is a particular situation that you are so used
to handling yourself and God is saying
“take your hands off of it,” then you need to
LET IT GO

Let the past be the past. Forget the former things.
GOD is doing a new thing for you!!!
LET IT GO!!!

Get Right or Get Left…think about it, and then….

LET IT GO