Surrender

“I’ve learned to trust what I call the Braille method of living – relinquishing grand plans and schemes in favor of an intuitive approach, feeling my way from tree to tree, relinquishing my attempts to control the world and learning, instead, to trust a discerning surrender.”
Stephen Cope

I've been using this beautiful quote in my yoga classes this week. It really resonated with me at this time of year as I contemplate this faith-filled time of Easter and Passover. What does it mean to surrender? For some, it depicts weakness, resignation or giving up, but for me, surrendering marks that pivotal point when deep down you know that you need to call on something higher to get you through. To surrender means you allow something to be sacrficed so it can be transformed into something "better."

Is there something in your life that you need to surrender? Do you need to let go of mental or emotional habits that are keeping you stuck? Do you need to let go of physical habits that are keeping your body from feeling it's blissfully best? Do you need to surrender a relationship that is no longer feeding you? What do you need to lay on the perverbial "alter"so you can be free from what is holding you down?

From this standpoint, surrendering is not such a bad or scary thing. If you are willing to let go to get something more beautiful, wouldn't you do it?

Have a wonderful and safe Easter or Passover holiday. Enjoy the spring. Enjoy your family.

Love and Light,
Susan