I’m really glad to have found you, I’m so enjoying your posts, and will be spending a good deal of time “catching up” with your “old stuff”— You and Pete are awesome!
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I love this post. Before I got really depressed, I was meditating like mad – hoping I would connect with a higher power who would show me exactly everything I need to do to make life awesome.

But reading this, I’m thinking that maybe I was trying to hard. If I just meditated for the sake of meditating, instead of hoping for something greater, maybe something great will happen when I’m least expecting it.
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Hi Davina – “Keep your shirt on” is something my dad used to say. Surrendering does sound so easy, doesn’t it? It’s that old trust thing that gets in the way, though, especially if our relationship with control is close. For all the times I’ve realized that good things manifest when I let go, it’s still difficult to maintain. So maybe instead of easy, it’s simple. Thanks.

To surrender… let go of the ego. What’s left is the natural flow and expression of who we are. The expression that we don’t have to TRY to make happen. The expression where there are no buttons to push. Those buttons are what keep “our shirts on”. Let’s get undressed Brilliant and astounding! I’m updating my latest post with a link to this one.
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I did not know that about your son and the neonatal days. That must’ve been harrowing, to say the least. Kelly was in there for 4 days, for low blood sugar. At least we knew what she had and was being treated for it, but I cannot imagine your heartbreak at not knowing what would work.

I have always wondered at Cheap Trick’s lyrics in their song “Surrender.” You know it? “Surrender, surrender, but don’t give yourself away, awaaaaayy, awaaaaaaaayyyyyy.” Can we go too far in surrendering? Or is that just a throw-away line from a song that should not be taken too deeply?

Yours ponderingly,
Jannie
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Hi Robin – Thank you, I thought there were so many parallels between Megan and your writings. And yes, there are many stories of miraculous healing or turnaround that one could point to as a result of less intervention. Glad you enjoyed this!

Hi Barbara – You’re right, in a scary, out-of-control world, we tend to want to have our say over what happens. A lot of traditional self-help suggests a go-go-go get’r'done approach, doesn’t it. So that when we do let go, we can still have nagging doubts. I think this is what makes the process hardest for me, or my ego. Blame the ego, yes! Thanks.

Hi Lance – I never would have been inspired to write this if it hadn’t been for you choosing Megan as a guest, so thanks go to you! And, I appreciate your example of your retreat and how as time passed, it had a waning influence. It’s so easy to slip back, as we did in the business example, and repeat the cycle of frustration. Doing it the hard way, right? Thank you.

Hi Megan – Welcome to PassingThru! Glad to help you start your day, too. Thank you for writing what you did over at Lance’s blog and inspiring this riff. The irony in the old saw, “Be careful what you ask for” relates to these ideas, too. The reinterpretation of what we think we need can sometimes be hilarious when it finally comes to pass. And yes, I think we need to be mindful of this phenomenon especially in business, where so much frustration and dogged striving occurs, often with disappointing results. Thank you.