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The last moment today I threw together an entirely new talk off the top of my head

launching into it. In life there are times

when we are told by friends to let go of something to move on, to get over it, to put it aside, to stop thinking about

something, or sometimes we find ourselves telling other people that, just get over him or her, get over that job, get over that thing that was disappointment, disappointing. Just move on. Let go. Why are you holding on to it? And in sort of mumbo-jumbo Buddhism where people say just

let go. It sounds great but it doesn't mean anything because

one letting go is one of the most difficult things there is to do.

It's also can feel like we are being at times

just given a very pat answer to something that's a very emotionally charged experience in life.

At times we are the ones that really want to let go, put something behind us, not think about an emotional

or a disappointing event, a fight we've had with someone, a breakup, we've had a loss, or maybe a separation, or maybe at times we want to put aside not

think about a fear, a catastrophizing worry or concern that we have that keeps popping back up. a

catastrophizing worry or concern that we have that keeps popping back up in the mind.

And it can be very disturbing for us

how many times we want to put something aside,

how much we know it would be a great idea

not to worry about money or worry about issues

that are utterly beyond our control or even unlikely events

and yet for some reason they keep arising.

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