I'm learning to just Let Them
Let Them. The power of common sense — and I just paid $25 to read a book on it. A waste of time and money? Or a good reset of a principle that is basic in nature yet hard to follow in human nature? I pick the latter. I’ve just finished reading The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins. I’m not familiar with her work and was introduced to her — and this theory — by a co-worker. Intrigued, I came home from work one day, opened my Kobo, ordered and downloaded the book and dove into the pages. Every few chapters, I’d stop to digest what I’d just read. The principle is straightforward: let people do what they want with their lives. Let them make the decisions they make. Once you stop thinking/worrying/trying to control their lives and decisions, you free yourself to focus on yourself. Let Me. It’s hard. I want people to be excited about what I’m excited about. I want them to do what I want them to do. I want the best for the people in my life but what I want and what ...
