“Surrender does not mean to sit and do nothing; nor does surrender mean to give up or relinquish your power. Surrender means you relax into acceptance of where you are and what is happening around you. You let your body release the tension and angst of you trying to control the outcome of how you think things should be. It is letting go, and letting it be so that whatever the situation or circumstance is trying to reveal to you can be shown to you.”
― The Gift of Crisis: How I Used Meditation to Go From Financial Failure to a Life of Purpose
― The Gift of Crisis: How I Used Meditation to Go From Financial Failure to a Life of Purpose
“Based on his liberal use of the semicolon, I just assumed this date would go well.”
― Luster
― Luster
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