surrender

in psychology & spirituality, surrender means that a believer completely gives up their own will and subjects their thoughts, ideas, and deeds to the will and teachings of a higher power

for many, resistance arises with ego - having issue over letting go, renouncing or emptying the self - especially after a lifetime of defining ourselves

is it a case of our own outlook? similar in nature to a half-filled glass - is it half full or half empty?

are we limited or expanded in the act of our surrender? what are we hanging on to? what are we willing to give up?

back in the U S A

all is well in my world. . . .just wish Mahala were here with me!

spent a wonderful break traveling back in the Philippines with my family - in Bacolod & Palawan

more music for my soul

was at The Met to watch La Boheme 

& South Pacific at Lincoln Center

what a treat!  

Mahala's photo of Pembrokshire Castle, Wales

be your own True Self

to be nobody - but yourself
in a world which is doing its best,
night and day, to make you everybody else -
means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight,
and never stop fighting

~ e.e. cummings ~

I saw this on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHU0BTGHe3g&feature=related - music is truly a universal unifier!

don't take ANY thing personally

the trick is not just to not care what others think

but not care either what you yourself think

success comes the other way around than what most people imagine. . . .

First, you decide you will succeed. And then that's the time that the means to succeed will manifest for you.

Neat huh? Trust that this is so. . . .& even if you don't. . . .test it & see.