letting be
Leaving something alone
Letting be is allowing something to exist or continue without interference.
The phrase carries a sense of acceptance or deliberate non-action: Sometimes the best response is just letting be.
It echoes the Beatles' "Let It Be" and appears in philosophical contexts about acceptance.
To let someone or something be is to leave them alone, undisturbed.
- existenceState of being real
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- non-interferenceAbstaining from meddling
- hands offForbidding contact or meddling
leave it alone · non-duality · tolerance · mindfulness · detachment · equanimity · inner peace · relinquishment · surrender · flow · stoicism · patience · permissiveness · be · respect · calmness · allowing · trust
- mindfulnessmindfulness, meditation, meditate, breathe, breath
- HeideggerDasein, authenticity, inauthenticity, care, aletheia
letting beinterfering
Intruding in others' affairs
meddling · intervening · fixing · tampering · stepping in
letting becontrolling
Exerting authority over others
manipulating · micromanaging · dominating · forcing · coercing
letting behovering
Suspended without support
smothering · helicopter parenting · nagging · nitpicking · badgering