To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means that I can't do it for someone else.
* To "let go" is not to cut myself off, it is the realization that I can't 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 care for, but to care about.
* 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 effect 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 correct them
* To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes, and cherish myself in it.
* To "let go" is not to criticize 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 to live for the future.
* To "let go" is to fear less and to love more.
Margaret J. Rinck
Outside of the home what does love look like? Here is Augustine's answer, "It has hands to help others, feet to hasten to the poor and needy, eyes to see misery and want, ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like."
Someone has said "Heat makes all things expand. And the warmth of love will always expand a person's heart."
Once you have genuinely experienced the warmth of God's love, He will make sure you have lots of love to go around for others.
Pastor John Giesbrecht
Can Christians Love Too Much?: Breaking the Cycle of Codependency
