When Are We Going to Let Go of the Old Story and Live the New One?

One of my favorite songs I have been listening to lately is by Trevor Hall called The Old Story that carries one simple and piercing message: we keep holding on to stories that no longer serve us. Stories about who we are. Stories about what we’re worth. Stories about what’s possible.

And yet, I keep reciting them.

The old story shows up in subtle whispers:

• “This is how I am.” 

• “I’m not enough.”

• “That’s the way it’s always been.”

We carry these lines because we carried them, not because we NEED to carry them. I carry these things as if carrying them or repeating them somehow makes me safe. But the truth is, they keep me trapped. If you are doing this too, they are keeping us from becoming the version of ourselves we know we’re capable of being. It is time to let go of the old story! 

Why Do We Hold On?

Because the old story is familiar. Even if it hurts, even if it limits us, it’s predictable. The brain loves predictability. The ego loves being right, even if it means proving the same old story true again and again.

Letting go of the old story means stepping into uncertainty. It means walking without a script. It means embracing the terrifying freedom of possibility.

And yet, how many times do we need to be reminded that, what if that’s exactly what we’re here for?

The Power of the New Story

The new story doesn’t erase the past. It doesn’t deny what we’ve lived through. Instead, it honors where we’ve been and then asks the boldest question of all: “What now?”

The new story is written in real time, in the choices we make today. It’s not waiting for some perfect condition, some far-off milestone, or someone else’s permission. It begins the moment we say:

• I am not bound by what I’ve been told.

• I choose to see myself as capable, worthy, and whole.

• I release what was, so I can embrace what is becoming.

When Are We Going to Let Go?

The better question might be: if not now, when? The better statement (I learned last week), is… “We will see!” 

Life doesn’t wait for us to edit our story. The pages keep turning whether we’re awake to them or not. At some point, we get tired of reading the same script and repeating the same ending. At some point, we realize the ink is in our hands. 

Today is that point for me. Maybe today is that point for you. It’s okay if it’s not, simply keep writing. 

So here’s the invitation:
What’s one sentence from your old story that you’re ready to stop repeating?
And what’s one line of your new story you’re ready to start living?

The old story will always be there, waiting for us to pick it back up. But so will the new one.

The difference is, one of them sets us free.