I Release: A Psalm Of Enough

A Psalm of Release is a meditative reflection on the spiritual practice of letting go. Moving gently through themes of control, perfection, fear, and striving, it invites listeners to loosen their grip on the burdens they were never meant to carry. Each stanza becomes a breath of surrender—an exhale of what no longer serves, and an inhale of peace, trust, and freedom.

In releasing, we discover that what remains is not emptiness, but love, light, and steady presence.

Music by Chris Collins

Transcript

I Release The weight of what I cannot control The outcomes I've tried to manage the people I've tried to save the future. I've tried to protect I'm learning that love is not control. I Release the story I've told myself About who I must be to be loved the masks the striving The rehearsed calm I lay them down They're too heavy for the road ahead I Release my fear of not being enough Enough for the task Enough for the people I love Enough for the life that calls me forward. I am enough because I'm here Because I'm still trying because Love has not given up on me. I Release my comparisons The quiet measurement that steal my joy No One else's light diminishes mine There is room for all of us to shine The garden does not apologize for the variety of its blooms. I Release the pressure to hurry The soul moves slower than the mind growth takes time And I'm learning to let time be my teacher Not my enemy I Release the weight of undone things The to-do lists that never rest the world that keeps spinning without my striving and maybe that is grace Know that rest is my faithful work I Release my defenses The clever words the practiced distance the invisible armor of being fine Let truth find me as I am unguarded unpolished and unafraid I Release my need to be right It has kept me safe, But also so small I Do not need to win the argument to find peace in my soul I Release even the need to understand The explanations the neat endings the polished meaning of things sometimes it's enough To just breathe to just begin again I Release my grip on time The regret that lives in yesterday the worry waiting in tomorrow This moment is enough. This breath is enough. This life is unfolding right now. I Release my fear of the quiet silence I Trusting that the quiet holds me and that stillness is not an absence, But a presence of something firm I Release my hunger for certainty. I Do not need every answer to live a faithful life Unknowing can be holy too I can walk without seeing the end of the path and still trust that it leads towards love. I Release the anger that keeps me sharp The resentment that keeps me guarded anger once kept me safe, But now it keeps me distant I'm learning that softness is not a weakness This courage in another form I Release and find that I am NOT empty What remains is light what remains is peace What remains is me held? By that which is greater I Release again and again and still I'm held Still I'm loved Still I'm free

Reviews

Fantastic track for remembering how to be in this world. Thank you for these deeply inspiring words. I feel my heart open further as I receive them. There is something truly sacred in what you offer. I’m grateful. 🙏🏼💖

So grateful for these words. This is a message my heart needed to hear. Thank you. 🙏🏼

Beautiful Jess..I tried to share it on social media but couldn’t

Beautiful prayer beautifully read! Your voice was comforting and the music soothing. 🙏🏻

Letting go… thank you for this wonderful prayer 🙏🏻