Courage and Surrender – Our Power Source
In order to participate fully in life and bring forth the unique, creative gifts that are ours alone to midwife into the world, we must learn how to walk the precarious line between courage and surrender. We must wholeheartedly give ourselves over to the deepest impulse of love that is seeking to guide our lives. Living in service to love’s highest yearning is not a soft and gentle concept. It requires a fierce and uncompromising commitment to authenticity and truth that, once made, will burn through everything within us that obstructs the deeper calling of our lives. Love strips us bare and grinds us down until there is nothing left but the polished diamond of our essential nature, shining forth from the center of our hearts as a selfless offering of beauty to the world. The journey is not for the fainthearted. “Our love has to be nothing less than fearless. We need to have fearless love.” (an excerpt from Feminine Power and quoted by singer and songwriter, Melissa Etheridge).
To me, these are gorgeous lines of soulful communication. And I’m noticing within myself that as I move deeper into my own precarious line of courage and surrender, there is a visceral feeling bubbling inside of me that knows this to be true. It is a challenging yet a deeply alive journey that brings our truth to the forefront of our lives. This is where surprising synchronicities occur. This is where our creative endeavours sprout and breath life into the physical. This is where our magic becomes known.
I’ve been on a strong path of healing within my own life, one that has had me experience the full range of the piano keys, from deep despair to pure exhileration. I know that we all must continue to honour ourselves and to have the courage to be, do and say who we are in this life and to know when to surrender and trust what is.
So as most of you know, I belief we can only embrace courage and surrender through our action so here’s a simple (or maybe not!) exercise for you:
EXERCISE:
1. Re-define the word courage as to what it means to you. Be creative and own it so that you can express this through your interactions daily in an empowering way.
An example – My definition of Courage: I am a courage risk-taker which means taking a stand and backing myself in my truth (even if it causes discomfort). It means taking action through the stories that I tell myself of why I can’t be/do/have the things that are clearly important to me.
2. Do the same with the word surrender. An example – My definition of Surrender: Surrender means to become aware and let go of the things that I do not have control over. This allows me to be at peace with these things. Surrender is to embrace and trust the process of life.
3. Use your new definition of courage and apply it immediately in your life to one thing (only one thing) that has required courage of you yet you haven’t found the courage to do it. Funny that, isn’t it?
Do the same for surrender.
Notice what happens.
Please feel free to drop me a line as I would love to hear how you have re-defined courage so that it works in a way that takes you to a place of action in your life. Also, let me know how surrender now plays out in your life.