Surrendering Is Not Giving Up…

INCESSANT PULL

breathe

into the process
however It Is

the incessant
internal pull
like unavoidable
gravity

let the surrender
take you

give yourself over

let it seduce you
into changing 
with tongues
of flame

let the melting
into What Is

be an offering

changes are coming
changes are here

yielding
into the vast

desert of

waiting
and
knowing

has already
readied you

for a blessed

birth

- By Tosha Silver

If the last 3 years have taught me anything, they’ve taught me the truth of this poem.

So many changes and losses. So many opportunities to either resist “What Is” and become frustrated, fearful or frozen (I did all of those things at one time or another!)…..or surrender into the changes in order to be reborn again and again.

I used to think ‘surrender’ was the same as ‘giving up,’ but my beloved mentor and spiritual guide Sister Maurus Allen used to say “Surrendering is remembering that you are a fragment of God. Just like a drop of water is a fragment of the ocean. When you surrender, you allow the great energy of God to flow through you as you.”

I hope Sister Maurus and Tosha’s words give you hope and strength during these changing times.

Love,
Deb