Season 5/Episode 11: REWIND: The Power of Surrender!

[00:00:00] I have been in this space of late to where things have been overwhelming to me.

[00:00:06] And I thought it would be a good idea to re-release an oldie but goodie.

[00:00:11] This was actually one of the most listened episodes.

[00:00:17] I believe back in season one, so when our first kick off the podcast, the Messy Mind podcast

[00:00:24] I started in January 2020. And again, this was one of the most listened to episodes and

[00:00:31] I thought it would warrant a re-release or rewind, especially in this space that I'm feeling right now.

[00:00:39] And it's all about the power of surrender. One of the individuals that I follow as a

[00:00:46] depot chopera and he has one of the best quotes on surrender. He says surrender is the faith

[00:00:53] that the power of love can accomplish anything even when you cannot foresee the outcome.

[00:01:00] And as I stated early because I am in a space of feeling overwhelmed, most times I am at the point of surrender.

[00:01:09] I thought it would be a good idea not only to bring up that quote for myself

[00:01:15] and start surrendering and fully embracing the vision that I have no matter what the outcome

[00:01:22] and releasing my feeling of overwhelmed because out of alignment with my vision.

[00:01:28] And I'm so focused on my outcome that I wanted to re-release this episode not only for myself,

[00:01:36] but more importantly for you. And have you just surrender and understand that surrendering

[00:01:45] is really a strength. So take a listen, we're going to rewind back this episode and

[00:01:53] let me know what you think. I hope it allows you to fully embrace and be committed to the power of a

[00:02:02] surrendering. Welcome to the Messy Mind Podcast. A show to support you in seeing

[00:02:11] the Messiness can lead to your live bulb moments on your host, Tammy L Davis.

[00:02:21] In the first series of episodes for my mom, Panors, we discussed how to thrive as a mom,

[00:02:27] Panor and learn how to balance, survive and again thrive with everything that we have going on

[00:02:33] as business owners, wives and mothers to the people in our lives. We learned about the seven types of

[00:02:40] rest and the importance of discovering your rest levels and how to recharge. And now as I end

[00:02:47] the mom, Panors series and as I say however end, I may slip in another two or three episodes because

[00:02:56] there is so much more I'd like to offer to my fellow mom, Panors. But for now in this last

[00:03:03] episode of the series, I want to discuss the power of surrender. If we were to look up the words

[00:03:11] surrender in the dictionary, it really means a variety of things. So the words surrender means to

[00:03:18] you power to control or possession of another upon compulsion or demand to completely give up or

[00:03:26] agree to or for go, especially in favor of another. To give oneself up into the power of another

[00:03:34] especially a prisoner, to give oneself over to something such as an influence and my last definition

[00:03:41] that I've came across, meaning that the power of surrender is to give one self up into the power

[00:03:49] of another as I said before but really from a synonym standpoint, really relinquish.

[00:03:56] Now typically surrender is perceived as negative, weakness giving into the enemy, allowing someone

[00:04:03] to take control of you. However did you ever think that surrender is faith that the power of love

[00:04:12] can accomplish anything even when you cannot foresee the outcome? That actually is a quote from

[00:04:20] one of my favorite thought leaders, Deepak Chopra. You see surrender allows us to fully embrace the

[00:04:27] vision, the dream, the big picture, no matter what the outcome. We may not understand,

[00:04:34] redirection or interruptions, however we must be committed in knowing that when there is

[00:04:41] a redirection or an interruption or even a detour it is for a good reason to be in sync

[00:04:48] or in line with your vision, whatever it may be, whatever your big picture is,

[00:04:53] whatever your big dream is. The power of surrender allows us to transcend the limits of self.

[00:05:01] It says, buck off to our ego and you know I want to use another word than buck but it says,

[00:05:07] buck off to our ego, let go of our past experiences of doing things and release it to willingness.

[00:05:16] The only thing needed to maximize your experience of the power of surrender is to offer your

[00:05:22] simple willingness with a state of mind that says, I am willing. Whatever it is, I am willing.

[00:05:30] Williness to give up what I have to get what I want? Williness to jump in the middle and have

[00:05:36] it turn out? Williness to take correction? And by choosing to work in the context of willingness,

[00:05:44] you are actually surrendering and if the willingness is used as a principle in what worked,

[00:05:51] then you surrendered. Surrendering to the vision no matter what the outcome is

[00:05:57] and your simple willingness is all that is needed to literally transform the vision.

[00:06:04] So I ask you, are you willing to surrender to your vision? Are you willing to surrender? And I

[00:06:12] like to say that word really fast because I'm getting into it but are you willing to surrender

[00:06:18] to what you thought would happen? Happened as opposed to embracing what has happened.

[00:06:25] Are you willing to surrender to learning how to move forward on a new path but still being

[00:06:32] aligned with your vision? That's the question you get to ask yourself. As a mom,

[00:06:38] Panoire, there's many things that might come on our path that we did not foresee because again,

[00:06:44] when you're in this role such as we are and responsible for so many things,

[00:06:49] balls can be dropped. Things can be diverted but that doesn't mean that you get to surrender

[00:06:57] what you had in mind. That detour may have happened for a reason. So again, I ask you, are you willing

[00:07:05] to surrender to your vision? Are you willing to surrender to what you thought should happen

[00:07:12] as opposed to embracing what has happened and learning how to move forward on a new path

[00:07:19] but still aligned with your vision? Thank you for joining us this time on the MessyMine podcast.

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