Most of us were raised and live in a culture that emphasizes the ideals of
independence and control. The general idea is that we are on our own and we
don't need any help from anyone else and if we are really successful it's
because we are in complete control. However, true lasting success comes only
with surrender, which is the opposite of control. We cannot accomplish anything
truly great on our own, without any help and the idea that we can is an
illusion that causes most of us a great deal of suffering. Surrender comes when
we see that illusion and let go of trying to attain the impossible. Surrender
can then be seen as a great strength rather than a weakness.
Even small moments of surrender are powerful indicators of how different our
lives could be if we would only let go. We've all had the experience of
extending huge amounts of effort and energy to reach a particular goal only to
realize that we can't make it happen after all. At the moment of letting go,
realizing that we need to ask for help or simply release our agenda entirely, a
profound feeling of relief may rush over us. This warm, open sensation is the
essence of surrender, and if we didn't feel that we didn't really let go. But
it is never too late to let go, even of things in the past that didn't work out
the way we wanted them to, because surrender is always an option in every
moment of our lives.
When we finally do surrender, our goals actually become possible, because the
act of surrender is, in essence, asking for the help we need. This help may
come in the form of other human beings or unseen helpers such as angels or
inner guides. It may also come in the form of shifting circumstances, the small
miracles that we call grace.
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