Let Them or Don’t Let Them
Last year, after reading Mel Robbins book “Let Them,” the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders. It was a quick and simple mantra to remind me that I had no control over other people and situations. I simply let it, and them be. It was a momentous mental shift, until it wasn’t.
One of the best pieces of advice I received recently was from a woman my age in a work situation like mine, she said, “Push back.” The total opposite of the “Let Them” philosophy. Hearing her advice gave me pause and renewed confidence in my value. Now, I am energized by standing strong in my space and not letting others determine my worth.
I originally planned to focus the month of October on letting go because it was the month of my daughter’s wedding. The content was centered on letting grown children go and grow. The theme song was set, “Let It Be” by the Beatles, but after the last wedding bell rang, I examined my life and the world my children and grandchildren are living in and my spirit pulled in a different direction.
There is a place and time to “Let Them.” However, I feel the greater need in this moment is “Don’t Let Them!” I am in, and witnessing, too many situations where to “let them” is unconscionable and undeniably wrong. I’m invigorated to push back against the status quo and live like I’m driving with one foot on the gas and no brakes!
First initiative: VOTE! Women were tortured and some died for our right to vote, and here we are decades later with voting shenanigans denying that legal right. Don’t let them take away our right to vote! Take time to research which candidates are best for your community, our nation, and state. I encourage you to follow the facts, do not be deceived by false ads, and be repulsed by a candidate who uses his opponent’s childhood trauma in his campaign. AND, for the love of all humanity, exercise your right to vote!
In my first book, “God is in the Odd…,” I wrote about church trauma and how I let others fill my mind with false narratives about faith and God. When I pushed back, I found the truth about a loving Creator. In my next book, I spend time with people who don’t let 0thers steal their joy, and their secret to a fulfilling life: hobbies.
Let this month of October be one 0f balancing the “Let Them” theory with equal energy and determination of not letting them.
At the very least, VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
