10/06/2026
这一个多月,我让自己慢下来,也重新仔细读起了去年女儿送我的圣诞礼物: Mel Robbins 的《The Let Them Theory》。以前我理解的“Let them”更多是:别人怎么想,是别人的事;别人怎么做,就让他们去吧。
但这一次重读,我突然发现,也许“Let them”真正难的部分,不是对别人放手,而是对自己放手。书里有一句话最近一直留在我的脑子里:“The right decision often feels wrong.”
正确的决定,很多时候并不会让人感觉舒服。这句话让我重新看待了过去这段时间。有时候,我们明明知道自己需要停下来,却还是会因为“停下来”而责备自己;明明已经很累了,却还在问自己是不是不够努力;明明暂时没有答案,却逼着自己马上想明白下一步该怎么走。好像只有一直向前、一直努力、一直有结果,才算没有辜负自己🙂🩵💯。
可是,暂停并不等于失败。 允许自己暂时停下来,允许自己失落,允许自己迷茫,也允许自己有一段时间什么都没有想清楚。不是放弃,也不是逃避。只是暂时不再和自己较劲。
以前我以为“Let them”是放下对外界的控制;现在我越来越觉得,它同样是在提醒我:
Let me. 让我做一个暂时没有答案的人。让我接受现在的自己并不完美。让我允许自己走得慢一点。我们常常希望被别人理解、被别人认同,却忘了人生里最难的一件事,也许是,即使没有得到认同,也依然能够接受自己。当我不再拼命要求自己马上振作、马上找到答案、马上证明自己时,心里的那场战争,反而慢慢停了下来。
我不知道这算不算一种成长。但至少,这一个多月,我开始明白:
对自己负责,不一定意味着逼自己继续向前。有时候,对自己负责,是知道什么时候该停下来。而真正的“放过自己” ,也许不是告诉自己 “一切都会好起来” ,而是即使现在还不好,我也不再因此责怪自己。
这段时间没有什么惊天动地的改变。只是读书,走路,做饭,陪家人,想一些事情,也慢慢把自己捡回来。也许这就够了 :)
还有Mel Robbins 的核心框架是区分:
What I can control vs. what I cannot control.
我们很多痛苦,恰恰来自于试图控制那些本来就不属于我们的东西:别人的想法、别人的选择、别人的反应、结果、过去发生的事情……而“Let them”不是消极地说“随便吧”,而是:
I can’t control them. Let them.
I can control me. Let me.😊👍🏻
如果你最近也正在经历一个“不顺遂”的阶段,希望你也能给自己一点空间。不必急着证明什么。不必急着成为更好的自己。先允许自己,好好做现在的自己✌🏻🌷。
During this quiet time, I found myself rereading a Christmas gift from my daughter: Mel Robbins’ The Let Them Theory.
One idea that stayed with me is how much of our energy we spend trying to control things, and people—we simply cannot control.
Other people’s opinions 🙂
Their choices.
Their reactions.
Outcomes that are not entirely in our hands. And sometimes, even ourselves. There’s a line in the book that really resonated with me:
“The right decision often feels wrong.”
I used to think “Let them” simply meant letting other people be who they are and letting go of what I cannot control.
But now I see another side of it: sometimes, we need to let ourselves be.
To pause.
To feel disappointed.
To be uncertain.
To not have all the answers yet.
Pausing doesn’t mean failing. And not having everything figured out doesn’t mean we’re falling behind😊
Maybe the real question is not, “How do I make everything work out?”
but rather, “What is actually mine to control?”
Let them.
Let me.
And for now, that feels like enough😄🙂❤️🩵💚