Letting Go Is Scary (日英併記)

Recently, I shared this on X:

I hold on because I’m afraid of what will happen if it’s gone.
The unknown is scary.
But then I remember — everything new feels frightening at first.
Perhaps fear is just a quiet companion on the way to something new.
Fu’s Corner

Letting Go Is Scary (日英併記)

It’s hard to decide to part with something you’ve lived with for a long time.

When I imagine my life without it — it’s not just inconvenient.

It’s scary.

It feels like simply subtracting it from my current life, leaving a hollow space where it used to be.

But when I actually let go,
that space doesn’t stay hollow.

Something else moves in —
something that fits the life after letting go.

And that space doesn’t just fill up.
The whole flow changes.
The whole landscape shifts.

Thank you for reading.

Note: As an English learner, I work with Claude for translation.

I hold on
because I’m afraid of what will happen
if it’s gone.
The unknown is scary.
But then I remember —
everything new feels frightening at first.
Perhaps fear is just
a quiet companion
on the way to something new.
Fu’s Corner#FusCorner
— Fu's Corner (@fuscorner) July 8, 2026

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🌙 YouTube: Fu’s Corner
https://www.youtube.com/@fus_corner
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🌙 X(Twitter)
https://x.com/fuscorner

手放しは怖いもの

長く付き合ってきたものとの別れって、なかなか決断できない。

今の生活からそれがなくなったことを想像すると、怖いのです。

今の生活からただそれを引くから、そこがぽっかり空いてしまうように感じる。

けれど、手放してみたら、
手放したなりの、
手放しの空間は別のものに置き換わる。

その空間は、ただ埋まるのではなく、
流れごと、風景ごと変わっていく。

最後までお読みいただきまして、ありがとうございました。