Learning to surrender to what is, to the way things look at the moment, is the key to living Life fully and powerfully.

That doesn't mean it's easy to do.

Yet, Life gives us opportunities daily to practice.

I'm currently learning this crucial lesson: how to allow the moment to be as it is.

We cause ourselves much suffering when we resist the moment and think that what's happening shouldn't be happening. Such as:

There shouldn't be all this traffic right now, I'm in a hurry.

I shouldn't have to clean up after my spouse.

The neighbor's dog shouldn't bark so much. It's driving me crazy!

All day, every day, we find ourselves in situations where we can choose to resist the moment or allow and accept it just as it is.

Just like the caterpillar surrenders to the process of becoming a butterfly, which requires that it dissolve so it can be recreated into a whole new creature, we're in a similar transformation process.

Surrender and allowing is the key.

If you've been following the last several episodes (links below), you know I'm currently in a time of letting go of everything that is connected to my old story to make room for a new story.

I'm not sure what the new story is, yet. Life is unfolding that one step at a time.

All I know is that right now, Life is leading me to let go of everything in my life that no longer is who I am.

The parts of my life that are stagnant and outgrown. That aren't in alignment with who I am becoming.

It's an uncomfortable process, yet a sacred and holy one.

As the old parts of me dissolve, much like the caterpillar, so more of that Ocean of Love that I am at my true essence can shine more fully from me and into the word.

This process requires surrender. It requires allowing the moment to be as it is.

To be friendly with Life.

And, the only place where Life is happening, is in the present. In the NOW.

Life can't happen anywhere else.

All there is, is NOW.

So, as I practice allowing each moment to simply be, and not need it to be any different, I am experiencing peace. And, joy.

And, learning that ultimately, there is no destination I need to get to.

The journey IS the destination.

And, as I allow the journey to unfold in each moment, and I allow each moment to be the sacred space that it is, no matter what's happening, then I am learning how to live Life fully.

By embracing it.

One sacred moment at a time.

It starts with us. It starts with love. ❤️

With Much Love, Darlene Michele

Links mentioned in this episode:

Episode 30: Inside the Chrysalis- Between the Old and the New

Episode 31: Letting Go of the Old Story

Episode 32: Finding Joy in Surrender

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* Intro and Outro song by Tamir Leibovich ❤️