The Art of Surrendering

Heart of the Warrior

The Art of Surrendering
Heart of the Warrior
Heart of the Warrior

Tuesday, 24 April 2012 09:00

The war is officially over. You can put your pen down. You can step away from your desk. You can go outside and kiss the ground. You are no longer engaging in a life long battle with yourself. You have surrendered. You have won. The war is officially over.

Surrendering brings warmth. It fills our entirety. The sense is both joyful and sad. There is a longing and contentment. It is everything and nothing all at once. Words hardly describe the feeling. To give in is so out of our daily grind. In this process insight is born and suddenly it becomes clear.

We can’t help it. We cling to the familiar even if it doesn’t serve us. In the most ordinary ways ~ foods we’re allergic to, relationships that no longer work, stories we tell ourselves even though they bring us pain ~ in these ways we maintain the war with ourselves until we finally surrender.

The war is officially over, my friend.

And there is a difference between surrendering and giving up.
When you surrender, there is calm. When you give up, there is irritation.

When you surrender, doors open. When you give up, doors close.

When you surrender, you soar into the unknown. When you give up, you delve into the depths of despair.

Trust the experience. Surrender to what is.

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