To let go takes love...

Today saw the last of the parenting classes up at the community rooms, a small group of mums sharing experiences of parenting, and discussing how best to deal with situations, how to support each other and believe in ourselves and our ability to do what is best for our children... Tina did a grand job of mediating the group which felt informal and comfortable enough to chat openly.
Today's parting session was about letting our children go.... allowing them to grow independent... a way off for most of us but it'll come round faster than we think and we have to think now to prepare them now to think for themselves and assume responsability for their actions and decisions in life...
Here's a poem to make you ponder on what it is to "let go".

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can't do it for someone else.
To "let go" is not to cut myself off,
it is the realisation that I cannot control another.
To "let go" is not to enable,
but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To "let go" is to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another,
it is to make the most of myself.
To "let go" is not to fix,
but to be supportive.
To "let go" is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To "let go" is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
To "let go" is not to be protective,
it is to permit another to face reality.
To "let go" is not to deny,
but to accept.
To "let go" is not to nag, scold or argue,
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my own desires,
but to take each day as it comes, to cherish myself in it.
To "let go" is not to criticise and regulate anybody,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To "let go" is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To "let go" is to fear less,
and love more.

(Author unknown)