Learning to Live and Let Go

I feel like a lot of the lessons I've been learning this past semester can be grouped under one theme: learning to live and let go. For some reason, I have a feeling that this theme isn't going to go away anytime soon. I have a hard time letting go of things. I think as human beings, it's really natural for us to want a sense of control. Having that sense of control- whether it's real or not- apparently lowers our stress level, or at least so I learned in Psychology. Wanting to have that control over some, if not every aspect of our lives is something that I think most of us have to deal with.


Sometimes I wonder what really living life would be like. I think about the different things that I have to deal with on an everyday basis, and I wonder if it's possible to get away from all that seems to be holding me back from really living life to its fullest. I wonder what God's plan for my life is- and whether I'm living it the way He wants me to. I wonder whether He wants me to get more out of life than I'm currently getting- with what I have. Usually, I come to the conclusion that I'm not really living life- at least not the way God wants me to. Unfortunately, much of the time, I'm just kind of tolerating things and going from day to day looking so far into the future that I miss what I have right in front of me.


Since there are so many things that all relate to this really broad topic, I'm posting this as a sort of "introduction" to where I'm coming from on this. I have a lot to learn, and as you might have picked up from my posts so far, I think God uses people to teach me lessons quite often (rather unsurprising). So for those of you who provide feedback and support when I'm dealing with issues and just working through things- thank you. What you say really helps a lot. These posts are meant as a means to share what I've learned from those situations with you, especially if I never got around to a long follow-up conversation. :)