Jan 10
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I have been remiss! After all, the name of this blog is “Marta’s Melodies,” and I haven’t even mentioned a song in over a month! So your challenge this time is to guess the title, artist, and album of the song I referenced in this blog title. (No Googling!! Play fair! 
) The first person to comment and get all three things right wins…something amazing! (No, seriously! The prizes are on order, and will be seen by us MPowers that Be in a few weeks, after which you’ll get to see them and I will coordinate with the winner to send one to him or her.)
But as you probably guessed, I didn’t just pick a random song to have you guess on. I’ve been thinking about letting go.
Over the past few months, a lot of things have been happening that I can’t control no matter how hard I try, such as sickness (everything from vertigo to vomiting–bleh!), events involving other people in my life, and (of course!) the ever-present waiting game for medical school. Now, if you know me personally, you know I really, really like for things to turn out beautifully the first time, on time, exactly how I envisioned them. (I didn’t say this happens very often, only that I like it when it does.).
I’m learning something, though: that I don’t get to pick when I get sick, or what choices other people make, or which school(s) will accept me or when. And you know something? That kinda stinks!
But I’m learning to accept it. It isn’t easy, and it certainly isn’t happening overnight, but I’m getting there. I am letting go of that mindset that says I have to fix everything for everybody, because I don’t. So I’ll “let it go, let it roll right off [my] shoulder, ['cause] don’t you know, the hardest part is over…”
Yeah. The hardest part is over…because the hardest part was taking that (incredibly empowering) first step to say I don’t have to be in control to be happy.
