"Don't ask me to let go of my tension, it's the only thing holding me together"
Woodie Allen
I laughed out loud on reading this many years ago and still chuckle on remembering it.
In a way it is true my tension does keep "me" together , that is the small me (ego) who is defensive and fearful. Recognising, accepting, even welcoming tensions as messengers who can reveal my deepest self can be a way to embrace and become the ME who is already whole, open, loving and doesn't need to cut off and hide.