Surrender

What is surrender?  Letting go? 

It sounds so simple, but how do I do it?  Sometimes when we are neck deep in the thick of feeling stuck or overwhelmed and someone says we need to let go.

Or our intuition tells us we need to let go and surrender.  Sometimes it can just feel so daunting.

It can feel like we don’t know how.  An impossible task.  We want to but we just can’t.

We might not even know that we are holding on sooo tightly.  We might not even know what we are holding onto.  We might even think we are letting go or did.

To surrender and let go.  It’s sounds simple, but it doesn’t mean it’s easy.
So, let’s take a look what does it mean to surrender? 

The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of surrender (verb): a : to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand.

Looking at that definition we might all kind of say to ourselves: “Ya, I gotta let go of control and surrender despite my best intentions”. 

“Yup, did it, passed some tasks off to others and it felt good”  But you know there is something deeper you have to let go of and surrender to.

You might be thinking… “geeeish what else could I possibly let go of or surrender to…?”
Another definition of Surrender (noun): to give (oneself) over to something (such as an influence)
This is interesting, and as you read this notice your reaction.  Does it scare you? How do you feel when you read that? “To give oneself over”

My reaction was strong when I read this.  Like I would be losing the deepest pieces of me, the best parts that make me who I am.  It felt scary and sad.  It felt impossible.  “This can’t be right, I thought to myself”  Why would I do that?

And then I kept reading: “To give one’s self over to something…..” And this thought popped in to my head: “This or something greater”

What if letting go and surrendering, giving oneself over to something greater.  Yes, perhaps something unknown, but something greater.  How would that feel?

It’s not the beginning of the end it’s a return to innocence. A return to yourself.
I think Enigma sang it best and so I leave you with these lyrics and this song of beautiful surrender and returning to one’s self. Click here to hear song:

That’s not the beginning of the end
That’s the return to yourself The return to innocence
Love
Devotion
Feeling
Emotion
Don’t be afraid to be weak
Don’t be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence.
If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don’t hide
Just believe in destiny.
Don’t care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don’t give up and use the chance
To return to innocence.
That’s not the beginning of the end
That’s the return to yourself
The return to innocence