Gratitude Practice 2021 Day 340: A Sacred Surrender
Grateful for the sacred act of surrender…it's the breaking, the ending, the halting. It's a determined, thoughtful strategic choosing. It's an exchange of energy and engagement and entanglement. It's hope in action fueled by courage and a tiny bit of rage and exhausted fury in motion. It's a reordering of power and priorities for the intent of peace and prosperity for all. It's scary as hell and incredibly liberating.
Grateful to have pushed way past an uncomfortable comfort zone and well into the land of...surrender.
Here is what I'm learned about the act of surrender from a "woo woo hippy dippy" article noted below:
"Surrender involves continuing to take action steps when appropriate, while giving up means shifting all your energy elsewhere."
"Surrender feels peaceful and is often accompanied by a sense of relief, and giving up feels hopeless and like a defeat."
"Surrender feels moderate or balanced, and giving up feels extreme or intense."
"Surrender is an intellectual decision made over time after careful consideration, and giving up is often fueled by a strong emotional reaction."
"Surrendering is stepping to the side so the universe can work its magic, and giving up says, "I don’t believe in magic and miracles!"
"Surrender is acknowledging that you have limited power over a person or situation, and giving up could be a desperate attempt to exert power and protect your heart."
"Surrender is admitting that you might not have all the answers and there could be another way, and giving up shuts down new possibilities."
"Surrender invites the universe to bring grace, new people, and new opportunities into your life, and giving up can block some of the flow of new things into your life."
"Surrender involves continuing to take action steps when appropriate, while giving up means shifting all your energy elsewhere."
"Surrendering shows you are open to this being merely a timing issue, and giving up says, "It’s now or never."