"And it was a comedy it turns out"

Learning to Let Go When Grandma was letting go After holding on so long She told me I too must let Go though not of life of what Was killing me and was not Of life were I to remain It was easy to dismiss Remembering to forget As part of a parting kiss At the time but she was right And I could not prove her wrong As I finally found out Though it took all day and night In the shadow of a doubt But I let it all go free When I gave it all away And by letting go became So that you know my name In the way I came to be As I am here today Being and becoming strong I remember her by this Until I see her again We only let go so we can embrace Only renounce so we can receive We only say goodbye to say hello Only remember to forget the face Of yesterday to recognize today As we see what is so we can believe In tomorrow as seen from its yesterday Where the promise of today awaits Today is when what will be will be With yesterday the shadow of today When tomorrow's shadow falls the other way To what will be through what is from what was Creating a future we cannot see When they say tomorrow never comes but For the sake of today just in case it does Letting go is opening the gates Keeping the line clear for the call when it comes Ready for whatever no matter what Being prepared even while being scared With open arms empty just in case Being becoming what being becomes Letting go is being becoming strong As the lotus is blooming inside Blooming what is instead of what was Learning to renounce to believe And letting yesterday go to receive Tomorrow as seen from its yesterday Today may not be much but is all I know This and what I find as I go along From what was through what is to what will be Like the river knows as it flows to the sea And never delayed though often denied Like Grandma today will not turn out wrong So when tomorrow comes I will be prepared As easy come and easy go I grow Coming and going and come what may Finding the equipoise of faith and doubt Of bitter and sweet of fast and slow Of everything and nothing watching the show And it was a comedy it turns out As it passes by having learned to let go +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMX