"Let go of what happened, make peace with what hasn't." (Growth)

Life Letters™

Maybe it's about something that happened. Maybe it's about something that didn't. In today's episode, Emma reminds us that happiness is really just about letting go of what is heavy.

If you could talk to you, this is what it would sound like. In under five-minute clips, the Life Letters™ explores the topics of growth, change, self-love, relationships, and happiness. Hosted by author Emma Grace of Instagram’s hugely popular 'Live in the Details,' the Life Letters™ will hand you a daily dose of the words you never knew you always needed to hear.
Podcast Transcript: I see you. I do. And you're probably walking or driving in your car, or just sitting there with headphones in. And you're thinking, aren't you? Thinking about all of those things that have happened to you. Today. This year. In the past few years. Hell, maybe throughout your whole entire life. And as you think, you are probably wondering— maybe worrying— about how all those things affect other things. Important things. Down the road. I get it. But what really sinks into your heart are all those things that— didn’t— happen, right? The things that didn’t happen the way you wanted them to, or with the person you wanted them to— or on the timeline you wanted them to. The things that haven’t happened— those are the really hard parts. Because— those are the things that give us the constant wondering. The constant overthinking. The constant— worry. That you are behind. That life is not going to work out for you. That you don’t have a purpose. That you can’t heal, or grow, or change, from all those things that you went through. Or didn’t. And that is what I want to talk about. Those thoughts. Those worries. Because while what happened to you certainly shapes the eyes that you look at this world through— what happens does not change the footsteps that walk you forward. Who you’ve been never determines who you will be. What you’ve had, or haven’t had, does not determine what you will have. What you can get. And so the best advice I can give you is to let go of what happened to you before this. Notice I didn’t say forget. I didn’t say not to keep it a part of you. I just said let go. Stop carrying it with you, in your hands, where it is affecting the things you can hold in this life. The trick to happiness is just in finding ways to make what you carry lighter. And the best way to do that is to set down the things that are so heavy. The things you carry in your heart and call anxiety. Regret. And it’s ok. It’s ok to be confused and have no idea how this life is going to work out for you. It will work out for you. But for now, just do your best to let go of what happened. And start making peace with what has not.