Let Them. Let Me. Let Us.

This past week, I read two headlines that broke my heart. One announced that the U.S. Naval Academy had removed Maya Angelou’s poetry from its library shelves. The other reported that the CDC abruptly defunded programs focused on women’s health and reproductive well-being. I wish I could say I was shocked. But I wasn’t. I was sad. Heavy. Discouraged. Angry.I felt the grief of watching the slow dismantling of progress—on women’s rights, racial justice, and access to education that doesn’t align with a capitalist Christian theocracy.

It’s not easy to be a bringer of light in such times.

And then, something unexpected happened.

I was sitting in the waiting room of an auto shop—just waiting for my Rav4 to be ready for an upcoming road trip—and I picked up Mel Robbins’ The LET THEM Theory.
Within a few pages, I felt something in me unclench.

Robbins’ message is simple and clear:
👉 Everyone lives in their own reality, shaped by their own thinking.
👉 You can’t control others.
👉 So… LET THEM.
But here’s where it gets powerful. When we stop trying to manage, fix, or control others—we get to return to ourselves.

✨ Let me.

Let me see what I see.
Let me feel what I feel.
Let me take wise, loving action—anchored in calm, not chaos.

It reminded me immediately of the Three Principles understanding that has shaped my life and my work. The idea that every human being creates their experience from the inside-out, through Thought, Consciousness, and the Mind behind life.When we forget that, we spin in reactivity. We burn energy trying to fix a world that isn’t ours to fix.When we remember it, we drop into grace. We return to clarity. And from that clarity, we create.

So in the middle of that waiting room, I found myself reflecting:

Let them ban Maya Angelou’s poetry.
Let them try to control women’s bodies and minds.
Let them operate from fear, from misunderstanding, from the psychological innocence of their own separate realities.

And then, LET ME…
Let me write this blog.
Let me speak truth with love.
Let me teach my grandsons the sacredness of both feminine and masculine energies.
Let me model calm strength.
Let me protest—or not.
Let me help one other soul find peace.
Let me be a lighthouse in the storm.

The possibilities are endless. And they feel better to feed.

Mel Robbins may not use spiritual language—but she’s pointing people back to a profound truth. And it’s working. Thousands have tattooed “LET THEM” on their bodies. It’s a message they want to carry with them, literally, everywhere.

And that got me thinking…
Mel Robbins reports that thousands have sent her pictures of the words “LET THEM” tattoed on their bodies. How many people have the Three Principles—Mind, Thought, and Consciousness—tattooed on their bodies?
As far as I know, none. How can we be clearer about the link between our psychological health and our spiritual intelligence?

The insight behind LET THEM is life-changing.

So here’s the invitation I leave you with today:
What would happen if we
Let them…
Let me…
Let us…
…stand together as bringers of light—rooted in love, animated by wisdom, and creating from calm.

That is my quest.

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