Surrender

Surrender. What a beautiful concept. Letting go of control and starving your ego. Knowing that you are not fully in control of your life, but the Divine is. Surrender is learning to let go of control in the midst of chaos. Life is full of unpredictable moments and it is full of havoc. Wars, hurricanes, wrong coffee order, getting a giant pimple right before prom, getting fired from your job, divorce, loss of a loved one, traffic…..and I could go on forever. These are prime examples of how we have no control of these unpredictable events in life. Harping on about the past won’t change the past. Rushing and screaming at cars in the middle of rush hour won’t get you to work faster. Trying to control the uncontrollable will only cause more suffering. We cannot control someone’s actions, we cannot control death, we cannot control which way the wind blows….we can only control our reactions to these life events. We have control over the way we adapt to the uncontrollable. We can control the way we present ourselves to the world around us. Life is full of uncertainty, learn to become comfortable with that concept. Learn to let go. Let go of your past, your anger, your resentment, your need to please the ego. Let it all go. Lean into God. Trust in divine timing. Trust in something greater than yourself. Let go of your attachment to what you think should have happened. Surrender to what is and trust that you are being guided towards something bigger than yourself. This is when true peace and change happens.