Yesterday, I surrendered to a therapy group member’s suggestion that people express their thoughts and feelings about “surrender.”
What does surrender mean to you? What’s your personal experience of surrender? What would happen if you surrendered? What would change in your life?
Ann shall now surrender to her wish to quote others about “surrender.”
It took me a while to learn the true meaning of patience and surrender, but I have finally accepted that healing doesn’t happen on our schedule. It doesn’t have a clock or a calendar.
The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
Let the winds of evidence blow you about as though you are a leaf, with no direction of your own. Beware lest you fight a rearguard retreat against the evidence, grudgingly conceding each foot of ground only when forced, feeling cheated. Surrender to the truth as quickly as you can.
Always say ‘yes’ to the present moment… Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life – and see how life starts suddenly to work for you rather than against you.
There are also many quotes about the negative side of surrender, including this one:
Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.
— Keith Ellison
Please vote for your favorite photo in today’s post, including these:
Soon I’ll be surrendering my shoulder to my physical therapist, Matt, who was devilishly happy on Wednesday when I added a chorus, just for him, to my original song “Triggers.” Here are some of the lyrics I’ll be surrendering up to an audience tonight at an Open Mic performance of “Triggers” in Arlington, Massachusetts:
TRIGGERS
For me it’s the cold and the dark,
For him it’s not finding a safe place to park.
For some it’s a loud noise,
For others it’s bad boys,
For many it’s news of attacks by a shark.
Everybody’s got a trigger,
Some of us have more than one.
Some are small and some are bigger.
None of them are ever fun.
© Ann Koplow 2018
Here‘s “Surrender” by Cheap Trick.
I also surrender to the musical suggestion of these socks.
I surrender to the truth that some won’t be able to watch the videos I include in these posts.
I now surrender to your comments and to my gratitude for all who helped me create this “surrender” post and — of course! — for YOU.
My favourite photo is happy Ann and Ellen. Which of you has just lost a tooth?
Ellen has surrendered a tooth in that photo.
That would have been my guess.
Sometimes the best thing to do is step back and take a break from things. Sometimes it’s when we do so that an opportunity to move forward presents itself.
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I will never give up, never surrender my appreciation for and attachment to you, Chris.
Surrender has so many meanings and connotations. For me, “surrender” brings to mind that I surrendered a child for adoption. So, surrender means loss. But when I surrender to harsh realities and get things done anyway by taking another route, maybe even a path of acceptance, then that often leads to success. And when I surrender to my affections, I usually end up happier and so do the people around me. I have affection for you and I hope your only surrenders are good ones.
I surrender to my affection for you, Maureen. ❤
I am surrendering myself to tasks that have accumulated on a day I took off from my job at the library, Ann.
Good surrendering, Mark.
I think if we surrender to what is and stop trying to change what is to what it shouldn’t be we will be happier if that makes any sense, which it doesn’t so just surrender and let it be
I surrender to your good sense, Joanne.
SURrE-ANN-deAr! I guess it’s time to trust and surrender. *( ॢᵕ꒶̮ᵕ)ॢ*♡
I trust and surrender to you. ❤
I love the photo of you and Ellen, whom I suspect is an older sister? It’s an adorable photo! I’m trying to surrender my need for “control” which I sometimes have trouble even identifying! LOL! I’m pretty good at it…the control end. 🙂
Ellen is my older sister, Debra, and I always love your comments. ❤