I don’t want to insult the lovely Beatles song ‘Let It Be’ by using it in an unflattering way. In fact, I recently heard Paul McCartney speak about how his own mother, Mary, appeared to him in a dream and spoke those words of wisdom to his night of darkness.
Unfortunately, I have a situation in my life to which those words speak. I have learned that there are some things one cannot easily let go, because the hurt is too deep, especially when inflicted by someone close. It would be dishonest to say one can simply ‘let it go’, when it seems that greed and injustice have prevailed. However, I do believe that the one who perpetrates injustice will reap the fruits of his deeds. And woe is he!
And I cope by letting it be. It helps me to avoid thinking about it to envision this situation as a pile of four-letter-word manure. It is stinky and messy; but it is not within my power to change or fix it. All I can change is my attitude.
I don't exactly know what to make of this pile of manure. There is one thing I know: I don’t want to thought-walk anywhere near it. I cut a wide path around it, as much as I am able, and let it be.
Whatever times of trouble come to me;
whatever night of darkness I may see,
Wisdom speaks her words that make me free:
There is still a light that shines on me.
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