Surrender

Surrender

Let go of the ways you thought life would unfold;

the holding of plans or dreams or expectations

Let it go.

Save your strength to swim with the tide.

The choice to fight what is here before you now

will only result in struggle, fear,

and desperate attempts to flee from the very energy you long for.

Let it all go

and flow with the grace that washes through your days

whether you receive it gently or with all your quills raised

to defend against invaders.

Take this on faith:

the mind may never find the explanations that it seeks,

but you will move forward nonetheless.

Let it all go

and find the place of rest and peace,

and certain transformation.

My yoga teacher opened class with this poem by Donna Faulds and it really spoke to me, particularly the line

about the mind never finding the explanations it seeks. And of having to let go. Letting go of the need to have

all questions answered (no matter how many questions I have, there are always more). And letting go of the

fantasy that I can control what is going to happen.