Let it be...

I grew up to the strings of the Beatles vibrating through my house. My dad's favourite band. His favourite song - "Let It Be"..whoever has heard it will agree, it is deeply philosophical, yet simple. Difficult to imbibe in life but if one does, life becomes a cake walk. I never really understood it then, nor do i really do so well now. 

Recently a wise young friend said the same thing to me..let it be...simple philosophy, helps you get by. The wise old call it surrender...whatever the words, the essence remains the same. 

A part of me kind of disagrees, is letting it be running away from the situation? Should we not confront things and make them take shape, whatever the shape, give them our best shot? 

Or does it mean, give it your best shot and then let it be, not worrying about the outcome, knowing you did what you possibly could have to win it over?

But how does one do that anyway? What about our favourite word - closure? The nagging feeling that i  did what i did but i have no closure. Be it relationships, a intensive project, a hobby, any activity. It must have a logical end that makes sense so that one can move on to another. So how does one really let it be?

I have thought long and hard about this one and while i am no expert at it, i have tried to make a few attempts to understand it better. Let it be is closely linked to acceptance. The one thing we all say we do but actually don't. Accepting situations and circumstances that we come across everyday. Mostly we end up living in denial or passing the buck to outside our circle of influence. Someone else is responsible, we say. We feel let down, hurt and disappointed. That brews anger and in more serious cases, even depression. 

Acceptance of life, our circumstances, our jobs, our relationships and making a genuine attempt to give them their due, with dignity, grace and self respect. Letting things pass when they don't go our way. Letting time heal when you don't understand them anyway. Acknowledging to ourselves if not others, the truth. Living a life of honesty, at least to ourselves. 

Most importantly, letting go, moving on, letting bygones be bygones - in spirit. Each new day is a new day, a new opportunity to live life fully. So i try, everyday, genuinely, to let it be!