Letting things go — what is done is done is a recurring theme this week. In today’s Early to Rise newsletter, Robert Ringer talks about Dale Carnegie’s How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, a book a read years ago as I’m a worrier (thanks, Grandma).
Ringer writes that some of the book’s content are outdated while some points still apply. I was surprised by this as I thought the book was timeless. We’re human and unlike the things around us — our nature rarely evolves. But Ringer makes a valid point about acceptance. I may have accepted my hearing loss years ago, but it doesn’t prevent me from aspiring to hear and speak better. I would think getting the cochlear implant three years ago demonstrates this.
I also found this article Rule of Life #3: Accept What Is Done Is Done and I wrote an article last night for PSJ to answer the reader’s question of the month listed here — the response comes in issue 4.41.
I’ve been struggling with something that happened over a year ago. I want to forget about it and move on. What is done is done. Yet, it creeps up every now and then and bugs me again. I accepted it and that’s it. End of story. But not to my human nature. What works in letting things go?