Growing Accountability – Let It Go
I have to learn to let it go. Everything is not mine to fix. Everyone is not my job to correct. Living out a life founded on accountability but shielded from guilt starts with me learning how to let go of the need to control it all.
No matter how hard I try, I will never be able to control it all. I can barely control the thermostat on the air conditioner. It takes a focus on what I want to do and what I’m designed to do and finding the focused flexibility to let go of what I can’t do.
Questions to Ask
I am learning how to walk away from situations outside of my immediate sphere by asking five questions:
Will it cause me or the people around me physical harm?
Is it my place?
How much am I willing to invest in getting it under control?
Will it bring me closer to God or hinder my walk with Him?
Am I acting in Faith or reacting from emotions?
In the Way or Showing the Way
I drove to the grocery store in the pouring rain. Everything went fine until an oncoming car came over in my lane. I managed to move over as far as I could before she reached me, but she came close enough to hit my mirror with her mirror.
She was in my lane, but I couldn’t make her not be. All I could do was what I could do. It may not have stopped the mirror from being damaged, but it kept me and my family safe.
Each one of us must find our own way – I can learn from you and I can learn from the experiences of others, but my way will be unique to me.
Listen to the #GrowingHOPE podcast and begin plotting your ways to grow accountability for your life by finding your answers to Let It Go.
You can learn more about accountability by downloading the free eBook – Growing Accountability – an eBook by Kathryn C Lang.
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