There’s work in surrendering. It doesn’t mean “to do nothing” or even “to be passive”. It is rarely easy. Instead, surrender means to lay down your weapons, to be vulnerable in yielding to something else, letting down the defense, the plan, the control.
And anyone who has ever done that knows it is hard, hard work.
I’m thinking of surrender in terms of birth, (which I usually do), which leads me to drawing parallels between birth and parenting and then all of life, (as it usually does)...
In order to give birth we must get our head out of the way, set our knowledge & desire for control aside. For most, this is a concerted effort. We work to build up our knowledge, devouring books on natural birth or newborn care. This knowledge is incredible power for helping us make informed choices, oh yes. This is big and important. But somewhere along the line,...