SURRENDER …SURRENDER… SURRENDER…. Over the last couple weeks, circumstances have been pounding against me as I mentally dug my heels in and vowed, “I refuse to surrender to anything external trying to draw me into hurting myself or others.”
And what a battle that has been. It seemed the harder I tried to react in love, [...]

Put on a song that makes you happy.
Listen to your parents fighting.
Stare at hawks circling each other in a beautiful blue sky.
Read words of rebellion.
Read a love letter dripping with sexual overtones.
Fall asleep to the sounds of majestic waves crashing on the shores outside your window.
Read those lines again. [...]

It is absolute faith that shapes us: “knowing” things are a certain way and feeling comfortable with our boundaries. When we go through a shift, we go through a lot of fear and doubt, because we are letting go of our previous faith and boundaries that we felt comfortable in as we learn  to trust [...]