{"id":4135,"date":"2012-12-26T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4135"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T00:39:00","slug":"2012-letting-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4135","title":{"rendered":"2012: Letting Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why?<\/i><\/p>\n

In 2010<\/a>, it was a person. In 2011<\/a>, it was an idea.<\/p>\n

This year, 2012, I let go of a person. Or at least a person who had become a symbol of angst, discontent and self-rejection.<\/p>\n

Over the past year, I have made multiple attempts to let go. Whether it was courage or other, I finally let go in late November.<\/p>\n

To my surprise, as much as it smarted early on, the pain subsided. Unlike other painful moments, this one healed very quickly.<\/p>\n

I can only surmise that it was a wound that festered around a foreign object. Once the foreign object was removed, relief was a delight.<\/p>\n

Ever since then, I am lighter. Previously I felt weighed down by an indescribable black cloud of indecision, dissatisfaction and dragged my feet to every decision I made, every moment I thought would yank me out of my unhappiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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