Moving On | Letting Go

You might have heard of both of them. But what's the tough part?

Is moving on easier than letting go? Or is it the other way around? I have been watching a series "Gotham" wherein I found this line that went like "There's a difference between moving on and letting go."

It comes after a series of tragic events that have happened to a man with a chaotic pridefully glorious past. The man serves in the army, gets shifted to the police department due to some reason, loses his wife and child in his pursuit of a better and crime-free city.

A hypnotist who preys on anger and regret from the past cracks open his past. Haunts him to take his own life but gets to listen to the core idea/statement of this article!

He had moved on with his life with the things he did. Things that had happened to him but never really made peace with his past. What do you think is hard to do? Moving on or letting go?

The difference (as I see it):

Moving on is something that's an easier version of acting out of something very attached to you. Letting go would probably come close to your feelings and emotions.

Moving on would be letting go of the thoughts, the talks... But letting go would be a bit deeper than that - the emotions attached to something. Something that resonates with you a lot. It's hard to shift from one house to another (even though it's way better), why? What if you were born in that very house till the date you need to shift? Would it be easy for you? Probably not. The memories, the thoughts, the feelings, the emotions, the stories are attached to that very place to be left out. Isn't it?

We all have something in our lives that holds us back - out of grudge, guilt, regret... How many of us let go of our feelings and emotions? How many of us move on? Why should someone move on or let go? Well, the world would never stop for a person. Right?

So what's the best principle to follow in life? A happy, long, "good" life? Would like to hear more thoughts about it. How can we practice this in our daily lives? Forgiving would be the first step I guess - a person, a place, a memory, and emotions. It could be forgiving yourself as well for something that might have been wrong.

I had come across this beautiful idea of realization being the first step towards having that humility, self-esteem... So do you think that realization and forgiveness are the first few things to lead a "good" life? Do share your thoughts and any other ideas you have around the same!