This is Me Letting You Go

            Heidi Priebe wrote the book This Is Me Letting You Go in 2016. This book has 134 pages and is published by the Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, the book is non-fiction, self-help, and relationship.

For us, leaving something away is not a simple process. In a world that teaches us to protect what we love at all costs, there is one thing we can't avoid: it's time to let go and move on with our lives, which we are constantly relearning in each episode of our lives. Heidi Priebe's book This is Me Letting You Go gives insight into the painful reality of what it means to let go of the people and situations we care about the most, which often happens before we're ready. 

            This book is a compilation of articles that Heidi Priebe wrote during one of the saddest years of her life. This is a book about letting go when we want to hold on, about accepting a future we haven't planned for, accepting that what we have doesn't always mean it's ours forever, and accepting that life must go on regardless. It's a story about heartbreak and hope. Personality, followed by integrity. We never thought we'd be able to recover from traumas, and we never thought we'd be able to lose love.

This is a book about letting go.

“and I hope that some part of this book can meet you at where ever you are in that process. Because nobody else can let go for you. But we could all use some company along the way.” - Heidi Priebe.

Opinions and assumptions on what is interesting and/or attractive about this book:

This is the first time I've read a book that is a collection of articles similar to outpouring. The first part, however, must be confessed: Hiede Priebe's writing sounds similar and comfortable.

First off all: Good morning, beautiful

Is it too late to say that? I know you’ve probably been awake a while – likely hours or even all day. I know you may have gone this whole time without hearing it – shrugging back to friends and familiy who asked you how you’re doing with a  non – committal “Fine” because that is what we’re meant to do as humans – answer meaningful questions with arbitrary phrases. I know you may not be fine. I know you may have had a lackluster day. And I know that something as incredibly mundane as a “Good morning” text may have made all the difference in the world. It’s okay if that’s the case. It’s okay to sometimes ache for those simple and kind-hearted gestures.

            Furthermore, Priebe's writing appears to represent our thoughts and feelings in the same situation. touched. As an example,

I’m texting you this because I want to see you again. Because our generation has whittled interaction down into a series of superficial scripts that we exchange with one another on autopilot but I’m almost okay with the trivialities if they end up leading me to you. Because my phone’s charged and my heart’s full and I’m sick of all the tired, useless games we end up playing to disguise our admiration of each other. I am texting you because I want to. Because I want you here beside me, with your thoughts brimming and your breath heavy and your phone all forgotten and discarded.

I’m texting you this because I like you. And I’m hoping that you like me too.

            It can convey hurtful messages at times. But we know it's all the truth and reality there is. As an example,

Timing is a bitch, yes. But it’s only a bitch if we let it be. Here’s a simple truth that I think we all need to face up to: the people we meet at the wrong time are actually just the wrong people.

You never meet the right people at the wrong time because the right people are timeless. The right people make you want to throw away the plans you originally had for one and follow then into the hazy, unknown future without a glance backwards. The right people dont make you hmm and haw about whether or not you want to be with them; you just know. You know that any adventure you had originally planned out for your future isnt going to be half as incredible as the adventures you could have by their side. That no matter what you thought you wanted before, this is better. Everything is better since they came along.

It's not just about expressing yourself to your heart's content; there's also a solution. As an example,

When you’re tired, go slowly. Go quitely. Go timidly. But do not stop. You are tired for all the right reasons. You are tired because you’re supposed to be. You’re tired because you’re making a change. You are exhausted for all the right reasons and it’s only an indication to go on. You are tired because you’re growing. And someday that growth will give way to the exact rejuvenation that you need.

We also feel understood and reassured after reading Priebe's writings that everything will be fine in the end. As an example,

Forgiveness doesn't mean that you are giving up all of your power. Forgiveness means you’re finally ready to take it back.

The latest chapter encourages us to take a step forward and let go of the past.

There’s nothing more difficult than walking away from what we love before we’re ready to. Even when every fibre of our being understands that we must go, we want to stay. We want to linger. We want to find a loophole or shortcut that allows us to have it all. We forget that there’s a future. Some incorrigible part of us so easily forgets that there are good things ahead. Better things ahead, even.

Recommendation

I recommend this book to teen and adult readers who are looking for a non-fiction book that contains a collection of articles about times of sadness, loneliness, loss, heartache, fatigue, insecurity, or trauma as a result of relationship conflicts. This is for those of us who are heartbroken to be cheered up and excited again, so that we can let go of our sorrows and rise up full of hope. Sadness is something we must face alone, but it would be nice if we could be accompanied by someone, one of which was the book This is Me Letting You Go.