Thought Catalog is a website founded in 2010 by American entrepreneur and media strategist Chris Lavergne. Owned by The Thought & Expression Company, the site attracts 25 million monthly unique visitors. -Wikipedia
I wish i had read this when i was a younger girl/woman. This is so powerful and honest i will pass it on to anyone i know who may need or want to read it. Break ups, heartbreak, struggle with what to do in a relationship are extremely hard.
This takes a good hard look at the reality of any situation and turns it into a positive, healthy and unlifting experience. It has opened my eyes to things that i know, knew or still learning. If i had read this at 17 or older i would have hoped to have a stronger sence of self worth and put up with a lot less. I would have walked away sooner from toxic situations with my head held a good bit stronger on my shoulders. At least i hope so. Reading this would have definitely helped.
I never thought I would be rating a thought catalogue book 5 stars, mainly because the other ones I have read are fun pleasurable reads that where well written but yet never struck my soul. This one resonates deeply within me and I can confirm it is worth your time to read.
鈥淭hings that are meant for you have a way of flowing smoothly into your life. The more you fight for something that is not meant for you, the more it will fight you.鈥�
鈥淭he beauty of things that are meant for you is that they just happen; against all odds.鈥�
鈥淗olding on to something out of fear that it will never happen again, is the definition of fear. We have to be fearless in letting go.鈥�
鈥淚f an opportunity passed you by, it didn鈥檛 really want to stop at your station, if someone let you go, they didn鈥檛 really want to stay, if someone else got what you were praying for, this blessing was not written for you to begin with and you will be blessed in another way.鈥�
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 meet people by accident, and that each person who crosses your path brings life lessons to you that God knew you needed. Everyone you meet makes you stronger, and makes you look at life just a little different than you did before.鈥�
鈥淚f you don鈥檛 trust anything or anyone in life, trust that the things you leave behind allow you to make room for the unexpected. Because with enough faith, courage, hope, and love; and the awareness of every blessing we鈥檝e been given, and feeling gratitude for every gift we鈥檝e been granted, the unexpected paths we end up taking, often end up feeling like the place we are exactly meant to be.鈥�
鈥淚 hope you know that you are forgiven. But I still hope when you kiss her, you taste me. And maybe one day you鈥檒l forgive yourself.鈥�
鈥淭o fully accept your life 鈥� the highs, lows, good, bad 鈥� is to be grateful for all of it, and to know that the 鈥済ood鈥� teaches you well, but the 鈥渂ad鈥� teaches you better.鈥�
Ostensibly for women in their 20s and 30s, I found a ton of wisdom here as a 51-year-old non-female.
Some big take-aways: do lots on your own. Make your own decisions and live with the consequences. Make a ton of mistakes and also create a lot of magic moments. The self-discovery will help you make better decisions for jobs, friendships, your diet and romantic relationships. Also, there are a lot of other types of love that can cheer you up, not just romantic. Expand and lean on your network. Finally, letting go takes strength and leaves more behind-so more is ahead of you. Letting go allows you to resolve and drop long-standing issues, which will always be with you until you face them head-on. Stay the course, lighten your load and do what鈥檚 best for you. Things have a funny way of working out.
While the book got slightly repetitive, and there was too much focus on what鈥檚 done TO you in relationships, I still flew through the pages and appreciated the conversational style.
I would highly recommend going on a self-improvement book binge as sometimes it takes many people saying the same thing, or hearing one thing said a certain way, to get a breakthrough. Human beings write self-help books. I always find it funny when books in this genre try to be the be-all-end-all to solve your problems. No one is perfect and we all benefit from good networks. So get a good network of self-improvement books on your shelf too.
A title like this would be a fantastic book group selection.
The only essay that was helpful to me in this book was brilliant and beautiful and everything that I was hoping the entire book would be. Unfortunately, the rest of them fell short in a way that was so mediocre it hurt. "This is Me Letting You Go" by Heidi Prebe was the only reason this book has more than one star but it is everything that I have been feeling for the past 2 months of my life and man, I needed someone else to get it.
I didn't expect the book to focus on relationships, nevertheless, it's good and real as you have people telling you about their experiences, the heartaches, breakups and how they healed or moved on.
I would have rated it higher if it included male interviews as there are always two sides to everything, this book somehow implies that when a relationship ends, its the woman who gets hurt worst.
This was a little nice book full of pep talks for when you are struggling with moving on. I read this with different types of relationships in mind, not a partner/spouse relationship as intended, and founded it very relatable. Overall it was helpful, insightful, and encouraging.
The Art of Letting Go is a collection of short essays about moving on, healing, and self-discovery. Some of them really made me think, and I liked the overall message, but nothing felt particularly new or unexpected. Still, it was a good read for what it was鈥攕imple, reflective, and easy to connect with. If you鈥檙e in the mood for something light and relatable, it鈥檚 worth picking up.
The layout of the book is interesting. A lot of various different authors with their own stories to tell. It was nice reading a lot of different perspectives. I bought this book, because throughout the short time I've been an adult, I have lost a few friendships that were very important to me. I'm still working through them, and wanted to read other viewpoints.
The common theme of this book was to give room to love yourself more, and I really like this. It's true that I don't love myself in the way I deserve. I've been trying to work on that part of myself in the past year. Once I do that, maybe I will attract better people into my life, and have better boundaries.
It is worth mentioning that this book is mainly focused on romantic relationships, which I feel is a bit shallow since "letting go" can entail many things. I wish it was written in more of a broader scope when it comes to human relationships. Since I bought this book over the long ago friendships that I'm still processing, of course not all the stories resonated for me; which is the reason I'm rating this book two stars. I felt as if the premise could have been more captivating, and it just didn't quite hit the mark.
Thank you for not only falling short of my expectations, but for giving me new reasons to have higher ones.
This book was a difficult read for me. I鈥檝e always had a hard time letting go and moving on, going forward. I want it to go by quickly, no sadness or anger or any sort of feeling at all. Because feeling hurts, and it takes a lot of energy. I鈥檝e been confused lately, about my persona. If Im a bad person for thinking and feeling the way that I do. This book didn鈥檛 give me new opinions, it made the ones that I already had clearer.
I now know that I don鈥檛 have a hard time letting go.. I have expectations for the people I let go. And the ones I hold on to as well. Expectations that they couldn鈥檛 possibly live up to because I made them all up in my own head.
I learned that I鈥檝e been unfair to my loved ones, and how to stop.
Sorry And thank you.
鈥淎buse made you learn compassion.鈥�
鈥淭o know that the good teaches you well, but the bad teaches you better.鈥�
鈥淭o truly move on from anything you have to be able to recognize what purpose it served and how it made you better.鈥�
Thank you for this experience.
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Lots of filler. Talks a lot about god. Written like a first draft. The equivalent of umms and uhhs in writing, as if the author's stuttering around the point, gets to the end of a paragraph, even a chapter, without having made a point, just illuding to that he will make some really life-changing points. As if he wrote a book that was one chapter long but then inflated it into a book, really low quality filler.
The Art of Letting Go is a book with inspirational stories and quotes. It is short, coming in at a meager 117 pages on my phone. If I had cared more, I could have read it all in one sitting. I have no qualms with the book, but as I said, it is short.
The book focuses on relationships and getting over the bad ones. I am not sure if I am in the target demographic for it. There isn't any more to say about it, so I won't. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.
I used to see that idea interesting, why it鈥檚 that hard for us to let things go! and yeah I think we can consider it a gift or an art
The book is simple, easy to read it in one set, but I spend my breaks in college with it that why it takes me long. I may not get that benefit out of reading it, but it could help making things go easier a little bit.
What a wonderful book! I was reading it for ideas on how to deal with the grief of a 5+ year estrangement of a sibling. There were some very good things to think about and remember. I have those hi-lighted and will refer to those and the sad feelings return. After all this time, I understand that it will never return to what it once was, but to find a peace with what we had.
I really needed this book. Thank you! I went through a breakup before. My first love, my first heartbreak. Together 10 years and she decided to leave, along with my daughter. This book has brought me clarity. You have no idea how much this book helped me!
I did not think I would like a catalog type book so much. And the reason is all the thoughts resonated with me one way or another! Maybe a few years ago, I would not appreciate it as much as I do now. As the book reads "In feeling helpless, you learn to take care of yourself".
See it for what is, not what you want it to be. -Anonymous
"The truth is if you reach a point where letting go is the only option, it usually means that this thing or someone already let you go. You are trying to stay in a place where you are not welcome anymore. The mind has a funny of way of tricking us into believing certain things to make it less painful for us, or put it in a way that doesn't really hurt our pride or break our heart, but we have to look at it the way it is, the way it is being portrayed to us, not the way we want to see it. This is not an optical illusion, this is reality, and in reality, what you see is what you get. If an opportunity passed you by, it didn't really want to stop at your station, if someone let you go, they didn't really want to stay, if someone else got what you were praying for, this blessing was not written for you to begin with and you will be blessed in another way. As you keep learning the art of letting go, let go of your fear, of your past, of your mistakes, of your insecurities, of your failures, of your self-doubt. Forgive yourself enough to let go of even the parts of you that dim your light."
"Your indifference taught me that I could not be indifferent to my own needs."
"Here is something to keep in mind about pain: it doesn't go away just because it goes unacknowledged. The more you avoid it, the more it merges into your psyche and becomes a part of you. These faulty beliefs get wired in and will remain unless you challenge them." 3.5 猸愷煉�