Letting go of someone is not the same as erasing them,
It is allowing the relationship to change shape inside you.
When someone mattered deeply,
The body remembers their presence,
And when that presence changes,
The nervous system reacts.
Notice what comes up when you think of this person,
Not the story,
The sensation,
There may be heaviness,
Tightness,
A quiet ache,
You are not doing this wrong,
Grief is not a problem to solve,
It is a process the body needs time to complete,
Let yourself feel without pushing forward,
There is no deadline here,
The urge to hold on often comes from fear,
Fear that letting go means being alone,
But presence does not disappear because a person leaves,
You remain here,
Breathing alive,
Letting go does not mean you stop caring,
It means you stop hurting yourself to keep something the same.
Notice your breath again,
Let it move naturally,
Each breath is a reminder.
You can survive change,
You can feel loss without collapsing,
You can remember without reopening wounds,
What was shared still exists,
It just no longer needs your attention,
Stay with the space that appears between breaths,
This space is not empty,
It is where healing begins where the heart learns a new rhythm,
Letting go happens slowly,
In layers,
Today,
You only begin,
And that is enough,
Letting go happens slowly,
Today,
You only begin.