Let go and listen

I’m convinced that I need something

to make me feel okay

Reality won't fit the bill

so I think what I could say

I start to fight reality

a game I'm bound to lose

Until I get so angry

I'm about to blow my fuse

When I notice that my longing

Won't come true today

I share my thoughts with friends

and they see a better way

I finally get the answer

I’ve been chasing on this day

Things don’t need my fixing now

They're meant to be this way

Letting go is never easy

When I think I need my way

All I really have to do

Is pause and pray

When I stop resisting life

And let it move and sway

I finally come to rest

and can then enjoy my day

Letting go is not pretending

That this road is smooth or fair

It’s admitting I can’t change it

And getting help in prayer

I sit alone in quiet stillness

Letting wisdom have its say

I remember how peace once felt

Before I lost my way

What I thought I needed badly

turned out to be all wrong

That peaceful voice inside me

Had known it all along

Letting go is never easy

When I think I need my way

All I really have to do

Is pause and pray

When I stop resisting life

And let it move and sway

I finally come to rest

and can then enjoy my day

And when those restless thoughts return

I don’t have to let them stay

I can write them down, breathe again

And gently, kindly, pray