Why does that word make us uncomfortable? Is it because we think it means you have to lose something or be at a disadvantage to surrender? Think war, waving the white flag in surrender is to give up, to quit. Does surrender to you mean to give up, to quit, defeat?
I'd like to offer a different perspective, if I may. Perhaps surrender is releasing all worries about what you're not in control of at this moment. Wondering how you're going to pay your rent, car note, school loan, medical bills, etc. Trying to figure out how you're going to make it another day. Feeling like life has a vice grip around your ribs and it's getting harder and harder for you to keep it together. The stress of worrying is showing its self in your mood/temperament your concentration, your appetite, etc.
You're either thinking about or are already taking/abusing some sort of "comfort pill" (i,e., antidepressant, sleep aids, alcohol, food, sex, pornography, gambling, etc.) If you haven't already figured it out, "comfort pills" just quiet down your worries, anxieties, distress, etc., they are by no means the answer nor do they provide you with the answer to your states of panic. Those "what if's" and "how will you's" are enough to make any relatively calm and rational person lose their sh*t. "We're only human" you say. As if to defend your state of reasoning which by the way you know has you on the wrong path, or you wouldn't need them to begin with!
Let's talk about not being able to change what can never be undone - the Past. How many of us would jump at the opportunity to go back in time and make some adjustments? When you're lost in envisioning what your new past would look like, you stay in denial of what your current situation is. As if it were some mix up you can go back in time and redo.
Denial of your reality doesn't mean accepting an uncomfortable situation. Denial is refusing to look at your situation for what it is. Having to look, evaluate and accept your current situation seems to be too horrifying, too big of a task to take on. When in fact it's only when you come out of denial and in to reality is when you'll be prepared to make sound rational decisions rather than one from emotion and /or "comfort pills". I for one, know making decisions on emotion should be held back as they're the very ones that will have you looking like an A$$!
Surrender is to know and really understand that doing the best you're capable of doing at this moment is all that matters. Releasing all negative thoughts and feelings and choosing to be grateful for what you do have is what surrender means. Taking the time (because no more is given to you) to do what helps, heal, encourage, support, teach, bless, inspire, etc., is what surrender means. Allowing yourself to just be is surrender.
Silence of the mind chatter is surrender. Ever wonder why those on their "death bed" or at "death's door" seems so peaceful? Could it be they've come to realize and understand that none of the "stuff" really matters? Why wait until then for what will bring you peace now? For the "believers" what does "Be still and know that I am God" mean to you? It means surrender to me. Peace
You're either thinking about or are already taking/abusing some sort of "comfort pill" (i,e., antidepressant, sleep aids, alcohol, food, sex, pornography, gambling, etc.) If you haven't already figured it out, "comfort pills" just quiet down your worries, anxieties, distress, etc., they are by no means the answer nor do they provide you with the answer to your states of panic. Those "what if's" and "how will you's" are enough to make any relatively calm and rational person lose their sh*t. "We're only human" you say. As if to defend your state of reasoning which by the way you know has you on the wrong path, or you wouldn't need them to begin with!
Let's talk about not being able to change what can never be undone - the Past. How many of us would jump at the opportunity to go back in time and make some adjustments? When you're lost in envisioning what your new past would look like, you stay in denial of what your current situation is. As if it were some mix up you can go back in time and redo.
Denial of your reality doesn't mean accepting an uncomfortable situation. Denial is refusing to look at your situation for what it is. Having to look, evaluate and accept your current situation seems to be too horrifying, too big of a task to take on. When in fact it's only when you come out of denial and in to reality is when you'll be prepared to make sound rational decisions rather than one from emotion and /or "comfort pills". I for one, know making decisions on emotion should be held back as they're the very ones that will have you looking like an A$$!
Surrender is to know and really understand that doing the best you're capable of doing at this moment is all that matters. Releasing all negative thoughts and feelings and choosing to be grateful for what you do have is what surrender means. Taking the time (because no more is given to you) to do what helps, heal, encourage, support, teach, bless, inspire, etc., is what surrender means. Allowing yourself to just be is surrender.
Silence of the mind chatter is surrender. Ever wonder why those on their "death bed" or at "death's door" seems so peaceful? Could it be they've come to realize and understand that none of the "stuff" really matters? Why wait until then for what will bring you peace now? For the "believers" what does "Be still and know that I am God" mean to you? It means surrender to me. Peace
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