surrender. yes, ok.

{photo found here} 

For the past few days, I seem to be running into people who are feeling blue or nostalgic in some way or another--all across the world. And who doesn't feel a little dumpy every once in a while? Myself included. What has helped me in various phases of my life and what reared its pretty head in my reading last night was this: Surrender. 

{The Wishing by Andrew Pearce}

 

I wasn't reading Eckhart Tolle last night, but here's an apropos quote from him about surrendering. 

"Always say 'yes' to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? What could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life..."

Who knows why acceptance ever becomes difficult for us humans to muster. Or why sometimes mustering is more difficult than other times. But simply accepting that something feels more difficult presently steps us toward surrender, and surrendering to what is reminds us to breathe.

{photo: unknown: please let me know if you know it, so I can attribute it.} 

Now. to remember to put it into practice. love & light. xo