According to Buddha, letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness. However, most of have been taught quite the opposite-that if we work harder, strive harder that we can find happiness. Today, recognize that you cannot strive your way to happiness. In fact, it’s often the path of surrendering, accepting, and being at peace with where you are that truly helps you tap into that sense of contentment and ease that you have been seeking. So if you find yourself over-achieving, working hard, without any rest, it may be time to explore the opposite path: surrender. When you surrender, you invite life to flow as it will and you roll with the current instead of fighting to swim upstream. When you surrender to the flow, you open yourself to possibilities instead of forcing opportunities that might not be right for you. When you surrender, you embrace and honor where you are, without worrying about where you need to be. To be clear, surrender is not about giving up, handing power over, or failing. It is not waving the white flag of defeat. Surrender is the pinnacle of evolved and enlightened behavior. And surrendering is not quitting. It’s honoring yourself where you are at this moment in time. It’s taking time out for yourself and reflecting on what’s important. So that once the time to strive comes back around (which it will!), you will be supported with the energy, the purpose, and the guidance you need to move forward. Today, allow yourself to surrender! When you stop trying to control everything around you, you will completely step out of our own way and will be ready to receive, to tap into the abundant possibilities and to manifest a life free from restraint and restrictions. Today, surrender, let go and just let life happen for you.

Just for today, I let go of the need to control everything and everyone in my life. I am willing to release the need to be unworthy. I am worthy of the best in life and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it. I let go of all expectations. I now flow freely and lovingly with Life. I know that only good awaits me at every turn. I surrender to what is. I let go of what was. I have faith in what will be. I am safe and all is truly well in my world. And so it is