Thrive RN

Sometimes. when I’m in a funk, or experiencing a flare, words fail. And when I can’t express these nebulous concepts or difficult topics exactly the way I want to. I need to read my own writing again. So, thanks for your patience and I have tons more to speak to on the word surrender.

Love is surrender, part ii.

Love is surrender; when I’m desperate, sometimes that sounds like giving up. Is surrender the easy way out? Surrender doesn’t always mean inaction; I think we should examine carefully the causes we fight for, and conserve precious energy for the connections that are worthy of it. Choosing surrender is to practice peace.Surrendering to loving kindness, compassion, and especially giving grace where it is not deserved is hard.

Imagine a cherry blossom in the palm of your hand. It is delicate and beautiful. Sometimes Sometimes I want to keep my fist tucked tight and not let the beauty escape, for what I think is love. But surrender is letting go when it is time. If I keep my fist clenched for too long, then open up my palm, it reveals a crumpled heap of pink. It takes a lot longer for the blossom to recover to its original shape when it it isn’t held properly; such is our precious precious energy. Opening up your palm is releasing pain, trauma, and emotion. You develop a self trust that the blossom is resilient enough to flutter in the wind unscathed, experiencing freedom.

Surrendering can look like letting go, and placing hope in the best outcome. Hope is rebelliously loud in the face of whatever is not steeped in love. Hope says, I surrender to love and trust I will be okay.