Jack Kornfield said:
"To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own."
It's crucial, for both our mental and emotional health, that we all learn what Jack is writing about, to let go with compassion. That we learn not just how, but also that it's the healthy choice sometimes, to let go, to let it be. That in itself is quite difficult for many of us.
As important as it is to learn to see what we can change in our lives, what we can control in a positive way, it's equally important that we recognize what we can't change. Much suffering will be spared when we hone this skill.
It takes courage and honesty, just like Yoga practice in general. A willingness to be honest about what is truly what, is required. Which includes being honest to ourselves about our own delusions. The yoga practice helps us with this process as it asks us to be present with what is, to acknowledge how we most likely judge the present one way or another, and how we act and relate to what is taking place, within us and around us.
I am suggesting that you take this day, or tomorrow, spending it watching your own judgments. It can be quiet insightful to do this. Notice all judgments, both positive and negative, just for a day. And see how we all relate, from the angle of liking or disliking, to the world around us. To do this for a day can also be a great reminder if you already have this awareness. As soon as we judge something or someone, we are "hooked" in.
Becoming increasingly aware of of our own tendency to constantly judge, can potentially be a helpful beginning on the journey of discovering what we are holding onto. All that we are not allowing to be just the way it is. Where we, once again, want it to be different.
I have found myself that it's energy saving when I remember that I don't need to neither like or dislike everything and everyone around me. It can actually be exhausting to always judge. It also brings more frequent, and longer lasting, periods of peace and joy to my being.
