10 ways to practice surrender today

Wednesday Wisdom: 10 Ways to Practice Surrender Today.

I am asking for God to teach me to detach from my situation at work—in this case the details don’t really matter. How am I seeking a larger, deeper, and more compassionate way of seeing through every situation?

I return to surrender, for the grace to accept the now. I remember that we grow in spirals, not straight lines.

10 Ways to Practice Surrender Today:

1. Practice patience with whatever is occurring.
2. Seek some moments of solitude and silence—practicing pausing and taking three deep breaths before you get out of the car to enter your office building, or go to the grocery story,
3. Suspend judgment on yourself and others.
4. Relax your body when possible. Notice if your jaw is clenched, and release it; notice if your shoulders are hunched, and drop them; notice if you need to sit back in your chair.
5. Share your day more consciously with the Divine. Gently and often say: God and I are together in this day.
6. Be grateful for all the little things: a cup of tea, comfortable shoes, a smile or kind word from someone.
7. Call out for guidance and assistance. My prayer today is: Dear God, I am feeling pressure today, please help me through this day. Amen.
8. If possible, step away from a situation, (even for a few minutes), and give it breathing room. Create more spaciousness.
9. Stay in the present moment—hear God saying, “Let me do the heavy lifting.”
10. Meet your resistance with an open heart. And then ask yourself: What’s the invitation here for surrendering?