Cheryl Strayed Quotes

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars.

Be wild; that is how to clear the river.

Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.

There's a victory in letting go of your expectations.

I don't try to control my days.

One day it will be over, and I don't care.

I started to let go and seeing that there are no rules.

A jam means it's not structured - let it go. Let it go here, let it go there.

Anywhere everywhere! Anything anyhow! just dance!

What greater delight and wonder can there be than to leave the straight lines of personality and deviate into these footpaths that lead beneath brambles and thick tree trunks into the heart of the forest where live those wild beasts, our fellow men? That is true: to escape is the greatest of pleasures; street haunting in winter the greatest of adventures.

Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it's the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open.

Acceptance is the key to be truly free.

I think a lot about control nowadays, and I really want to let go and just be more in the moment.

The skill of letting go can be learned, and once learned you will enjoy living much more spontaneously.

It is the foregiver who is freed in foregiving.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

To release others from the expectations we have of them is to really love them.

The most alive is the wildest.

It's nice to go into your doom. It's so liberating.

Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment.

let it go -- the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise -- let it go it was sworn to go let them go -- the truthful liars and the false fair friends and the boths and neithers -- you must let them go they were born to go let all go -- the big small middling tall bigger really the biggest and all things -- let all go dear so comes love

Take hold of your own life. See that the whole existence is celebrating. These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious. The rivers and the oceans are wild, and everywhere there is fun, everywhere there is joy and delight. Watch existence, listen to the existence and become part of it.

The best technique is none at all.