You have to Let Go Sometimes

Adarsh Kumar Singh
5 min readOct 25, 2021

Don’t try to understand everything, because sometimes it is not meant to be understood, but to be accepted.

I believe that the one quality that we humans, at least most of us haven’t been able to develop or inculcate so far in our nature is acceptance. You will hardly find anyone accepting things the way they are, accepting the things that can't be changed, being okay with the incidents or accidents of the past, accepting the shortcomings and imperfections of the present, and the uncertainty of the future.

This is the only way by which we can transition ourselves from hatred, anger, guilt, disappointment, anxiety, stress, depression to love, pleasure, freedom, peace, joy, and happiness. All of these traits are present everywhere around us and within us, but the thing that will differentiate you from others is whether you accept the shortcomings and move on and fill your life with positiveness and happiness or you just choose to reject it and fill your life with misery and guilt.

Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they’re alive and human.

— Albert Ellis

Accept the imperfections

All of us are born with many pluses and minuses. We excel at certain things and we crumple at…

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Adarsh Kumar Singh

Project Analyst with military training and startup experience. Avid reader, content writer, and passionate about leadership and strategic planning.