When You Stop.
Letting yourself fall is not something you do – it is what happens when the doing stops and trust takes over.
The last letter here, "The Net", ended with a promise – what holds you appears the moment you let yourself fall. I read that and did the most human thing possible: I asked for instructions. How exactly does one fall?
The answer begins by dissolving the question. Letting yourself fall is not something you do; it is what happens when you stop doing – stop talking and start listening in, stop wanting and start trusting. The letter walks it through something as unglamorous as a meeting on the calendar: facts set, opinions made, the preparation only building the stage. It lands where "The Art of Letting Go" has been pointing all along – what remains is to notice what feels light, and follow it.
If you have ever tried to force yourself to let go, this one is for you. Trying is the wrong tool.
Dear traveler,
Letting yourself fall is not something you do. Letting yourself fall is what happens when you stop doing. When you stop talking and start listening in. Stop wanting and start trusting. Stop controlling and start surrendering. Let go.
Take an important meeting that lies ahead of you. All the facts are already clear. Opinions are made. The presentation changes nothing about that. The discussion does. And you have no control over the discussion. The presentation only creates context. Builds a stage on which the discussion can take place. It cannot be controlled.
So all you can do is find out what feels right for you yourself. Feels light. And then you simply follow that lightness and let yourself be surprised where it leads you. Curious. Trusting that what feels light is also right for you. And in that trust, surrender arises. Giving yourself to the longing.
And that is letting yourself fall.
Thank you for being here.
If something in these letters stayed with you, take it along – think about it, write your own answer, or just let it sit.
And if not today, that's okay too. There's no rush.
Until next time,
– Jan