Letting It Go

I was visiting the resident wise man in my life today after having, on the scale of my days, a very bad day. As I was leaving I was complaining about something stupid and he told me to let it go. I thought about that statement as I was attempting to make it on time for rehearsal. What had happened in the past is in the past and I can't let it continue to eat away at me. If I do, I will become some bitter, twisted woman who no one will want to be around. And I understand that. I don't like being around people who are constantly bitter either.

This thought process triggered in my memory a line from a movie that I watch with my sister, Raising Helen. It's a fantastic movie and when the older sister is bailing someone out of trouble, she says to the boy who has caused all the trouble, "You are not a bad person. You just made bad decisions." So I have a choice. I can continue to hold a grudge against someone who I actually enjoy hanging out with simply because he did something stupid and hurtful many months ago, or I can remember he does have the power to make me laugh and occassionally doesn't make me want to hit him. He's not a bad person, just chose to do things in a bad way.

The other thing I need to let go of because I know the comment was not correct in anyway. It was also not intended to hurt me, although it has continued to bounce around in my head since last night. I am entirely perfect the way I am because I am exactly the way I was created to be. This also triggers some more lines in my head. "The person in the mirror doesn't look like a magazine, but when I look at you it's clear to me that I can see the fingerprints of God, when I look at you. You're a masterpiece that all creation quietly appluads. And I can see the fingerprints of God." I'm not a model, I'm not even terribly skinny, but I am perfect because I am my Master's creation.