by Paula Maher

Created on: April 20, 2008

"Sooner or later, everyone you know will disappoint you in some way." Dr. Alan Zimmerman.
How true. Have you ever had anyone in your life, be it a permanent resident or a visitor passing through, that hasn't at one time or another caused you discontent? It may be completely unintentional - as it is a lot of the time- but ouch! It's there, you feel let down and what makes it worse for you is that the other party may be oblivious to the fact.

The passive aggressive will say nothing, but somehow underhandedly ensure revenge is carried out. The aggressive will lash out of control, lose rationality and rant, rave and inevitably hurt someone's feelings. The meek will "cop it sweet", "turn the other cheek" and all that. He or she may speak out in regards to the incident, but in the end will shrug the shoulders and walk away.

Which of the above is the healthier approach? A lot of you may say," What about a happy medium? What about assertion?" Nothing wrong with that, but there are those times when the best intentions just do not turn out the way we plan them and it is much more gracious to just "let it go".

I often imagine a life of grace of just looking forward and not letting anything pull me in any other direction. In order to let go in the true sense, the first thing to shed the "I" the or ego self. When there is no ego we can "be" and it is then that creativity, love and wisdom rise to the surface and you will be amazed at the guidance and talents within yourself.

One good way is with meditation. Silencing the mind will reconnect you with the Higher Power. We have no way of knowing who or what Higher Power is, but it is out there.
Peter Russell is a fellow of the "Institute of Noetic Sciences, of The World Business Academy" and of "The Findhorn Foundation", and an Honorary Member of "The Club of Budapest". He runs workshops on this very subject." We often to look outside for help, but our perfect teacher is our higher self, which already knows precisely what we need to let go of, and how to let it happen," he says. You just need to hush those thoughts rushing in and out.

The Meditation Society of Australia (http://meditation.org.au/) is a non denominational inexpensive site where one can learn different aspects of meditation. Learning to meditate every day is a wonderful gift you can give to yourself. You will be amazed at the insight you will receive with constant practice. It truly is life changing. To be able to keep calm in situations with the attitude of "I will

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