放下－好一個夏天

放下

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can't do it for someone else.
「放手」不代表停止關心，
而是我再也無法為他人分擔承受。

To "let go" is not to cut myself off,
it is the realization I can't control another.
「放手」不代表切斷關係，
而是意識到我無法控制他人。

To "let go" is not to enable but to
allow learning from natural consequences.
「放手」並非使其變為可能，
而是容許自己向必然的結果學習。

To "let go" is to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.
「放手」是承認無力感，
瞭解結果並不由我所掌握。

To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another,
it is to make the most of myself.
「放手」不是試著改變或責難對方，
而是盡一己之力。

To "let go" is not to care for,
but to care about.
「放手」並非照料代勞，而是關心。

To "let go" is not to fix, but to be supportive.
「放手」並非修理、懲罰，而是支持。

To "let go" is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
「放手」不是評斷，而是包容對方。

To "let go" is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
「放手」不是介入其中安排所有後果，而是讓他人走自己的路。

To "let go" is not to be protective,
it is to permit another to face reality.
「放手」不是保護，而是允許他人面對現實。

To "let go" is not to deny but to accept.
「放手」並非去否認，而是去接受。

To "let go" is not to nag, scold, or argue,but instead
to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
「放手」不是嘮叨、責備或是爭論，
而是找出自己的缺失並改正。

To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires
but to take each day as it comes, and to cherish myself in it.
「放手」並非要所有的一切全順著我的意願，
而是隨緣自在過每一天，並珍惜一切。

To "let go" is not to criticize and regulate anybody
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
「放手」不是批評、歸正他人，而是盡力完成自己的夢想。

To "let go" is not to regret the past,
but to grow and to live for the present .
「放手」不是追悔過去，而是為了目前的成長和活在當下。

To 'let go" is to fear less and to love more.
「放手」需要少些恐懼，多些愛。

~~Janice Mariner Ward

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