{"id":5263,"date":"2013-11-07T09:10:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T14:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=5263"},"modified":"2013-11-07T09:10:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T14:10:18","slug":"oneword-thursday-surrender-to-the-present-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2013\/11\/oneword-thursday-surrender-to-the-present-moment.html","title":{"rendered":"#OneWord Thursday: #Surrender to the Present Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DaisyImagine, just for a moment, what your life might look like if you stopped fighting, stopped hiding, stopped resisting life.\u00a0 Imagine what it might feel like if you let go of trying to force the issue, if you stopped trying to manipulate the situation. \u00a0Breathe deeply and allow the divine to present herself to you. \u00a0Surrender to the moment.<\/p>\n

Here, 8 powerful quotes that highlight the beauty of surrender.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways say \u201cyes\u201d to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say \u201cyes\u201d to life \u2014 and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.\u201d ~ Eckhart Tolle<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe creative process is a process of surrender, not control.\u201d ~ Julia Cameron<\/p>\n

\u201cChange is the essence of life.\u00a0 Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.\u201d ~ Anonymous<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSomething amazing happens when we surrender and just love. We melt into another world, a realm of power already within us. The world changes when we change. The world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to love the world.\u201d ~ Marianne Williamson<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us.\u201d\u00a0 ~ A.W. Tozer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe rise up
\nAnd we fall down
\nOnly to rise again\u201d ~ Karen Hackel<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember sitting and meditating beside a slow flowing river in India, and I got the feeling that this river could teach me all the secrets of the mystery of life. If we learn to surrender to a stone, a flower, to a man, to a woman, or a river, it becomes a door to the Whole.\u201d ~ Swami Dhyan Giten<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe greatness of the man’s power is the measure of his surrender.\u201d ~ William Booth<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter how much you stress or obsess about the past or future, you can’t change either one. In the present is where your power lies.\u201d ~ Mandy Hale<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For more beautiful surrender, wellness and weight loss wisdom, join Our Lady of Weight Loss’<\/a>s Club: Kick in the Tush Club\/FB.<\/a><\/p>\n

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