I was taught that letting go meant forgiveness and forgetting. I’ve challenged that thought since I was taught that’s what it is meant. We all encounter offenses that can’t be forgiven and we even encounter offenses that certainly shouldn’t be forgotten and even those that can not be forgotten. 

Letting go has come to mean- stop giving those things that can’t be forgiven or forgotten power to control your present and future. Learn from them, no matter how hard or emotional the lessons are, take what you need from them and move on. Maybe someday the time for forgiving and forgetting will occur, maybe it won’t. You alone have to choice as to what you allow control you. 

I lived for years letting fears born of things that happened to me as a child govern me to the core. It’s hard to shake things like that and I only recently started challenging those boundaries that had been applied to my life. No one applied those boundaries but me. They were a safety net, built to keep me safe from the things I had learned to fear. Slowly I’m breaking through them. In this I’m gaining confidence I have never felt before. Some of these things have been addressed, forgiven and put in the back of my mind. Some things  I’m not forgiving and certainly not forgetting, I’m letting go. I’m not letting them control me any longer, I’m pushing through them and healing. 

I am now selling Kombucha scobys and water kefir grains through etsy. I will soon be adding sourdough starter and milk kefir grains as well as flavorings and other brewing supplies. Here is a link to my store:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheKombuchaLady?ref=si_shop

I can’t say I set many resolutions this year. More so thought about where I wanted my life to go and what steps I’d need to take to get there. Of those here are I guess what my resolutions for this year are:

1-Healthier eating and exercise habits. This will be beneficial in accomplishing a good few of my goals in life. 

2-Get back to writing. Be it on here, my kombucha blog, a book I’m working on, poetry, or in an actual journal I need to get back to writing. 

3-Spending more time with loved ones. 

4- Using my creative abilities on a more regular basis.  

There are more but in my groggy mind those are the ones that stand out to me this morning.