Book review: Let Them
“Let Them” opens with the chapter titled: Stop Wasting Your Life on Things You Can’t Control. And that’s about the book in a nutshell.
“Let Them” is a mindset tool that suggests we stop trying to control others and instead focus on what we can control–themselves.
Let Them - for people with poor boundaries, who do too much for others and too little for themselves. The more we let people be who they are, the better our relationships will be. The Let Them Theory teaches us to stop expecting everyone to stay the same, to release the need to be included in everything, and to trust that the right people will remain in our lives. It reminds me of the poem of the same name:
“If they want to follow the crowd, LET THEM.
If they want to judge or misunderstand you, LET THEM.
If they want to walk out of your life and leave, hold the door open, AND LET THEM.
Let them lose you.
You were never theirs because you were always your own.
So let them.” — Cassie Phillips
The principle has a cathartic feeling that puts aside all those ‘priorities’ which need to be reassigned, to you
Let Me - it’s a mindset principle reinforcing the idea that we can't change or control other people, we can only change and control ourselves. Letting ‘me’ feels difficult in a world that awards constant productivity. It's a gentle, practical guide to letting go of control, protecting your energy, and making decisions from a place of self-respect.
I feel this aligns so well with Fitbynature - it’s all too overwhelming to take it all on. I think the best shot you have is to keep yourself - your immune system, your mind, your strength - to have a sense of what’s going on with you. Cos i don’t think we can manage what air am I breathing, what’s in the food. Control what you can control (to stay sane too!).
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