Tonight a writer brought a story to our Cape Cod Children’s Writers critique group about a weasel trying to save two baby seagulls before the tide rolled in. The seagulls refused to cooperate, no matter what the weasel did because they thought he was trying to eat them. The weasel said to himself that he did all he could. Maybe he should back away and wait. When the seagulls still wouldn’t come out, he said maybe he should just leave.
There comes a point in a relationship when you realize you’ve done all you could. You can’t reach into another’s head and make them see through their fear. You know it’s time to walk away.
It is at this point that I always run to my tried and true “Let go, and let God”. For many years now I had a skewed perspective about “letting God”. I thought letting go and letting God meant waking away, free and clear, without further responsibility, just like the weasel. On the contrary. When it’s time to let go and let God you have to do your part. You have to remove all reminders that prevent you from letting go. You have to refuse to entertain thoughts of memories that will plague you and take days to rescue yourself from the pain they inflict. You have to practice gratitude for all the good you have been blessed with and refuse to let your time be spent on that which you’re supposed to have left with God.
Letting go and letting God is not getting off scott-free – you have to do your part.
And so, as another day goes by, never underestimate the power of a picture book, and…I have written.
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