Time stops for no one. Life rule in quiet yet powerful ways. When an unexpected change sends our mind, heart and soul towards unfamiliar directions. Everything suddenly is moving too quickly making us loose our balance. Inevitable hardships instigate pain, discomfort and fear. And pain is a result of resistance to situations we are powerless to reverse.  When our deepest self-collapse, and we find ourself in a state of feeling depleted we need to learn to bring our inner resistance to surrender. Not to deceive ourself, but to move on, no matter the undesirable situation. Practicing acceptance or turning the great pain into purpose may be the hardest challenge we ever face. Complexity is what makes this world worth living but is not easily accepted in this world, and we are likely to encounter people with unconscious compulsion to destroy others through judgment and dominance. That experience creates an inner threating emotional feelings inside us, which tightens up our body and further results in restrictions of the flow of life's energy. We experience stress. We feel pain. It takes some good long time to restore the process of the flow in us, to learn to break in the resistance pattern seated deeply in our mind, even if we long for a change to come. Knowing that we can not remain hurt by the weight of past betrayal, cruelty from people and the pain they caused, we need to begin our inner work on rebuilding resilience and self-trust from deep within. We need to learn to release all that we once knew and embrace all the unknow that is still there. In order to remain unaffected, untouched by any intolerable experienced situations that killed our spirit, we have to want to acknowledge that our experiences are indeed powerful catalysts which will with time propel us towards soulful growth. Because our true being exists only and eternally in the timeless realm of when we are in a present moment, we have to constantly remind ourself to be there in order to connect into our immeasurable energy of peace, quiet, stillness and acceptance. Only then we will re-connect with our higher spirit and awaken to our inner wisdom and deep strength, to continue to be kind with ourself, and to embrace and surrender to all what life is presenting us with. In that state of surrender, we again begin to see what needs to be done, one thing at a time. In that present state of being, our consciousness ceases to be controlled by any of the external unpleasant conditions. And, we will watch our life begin to unfolds without pain, hurt and dissatisfaction. It is only in the timeless dimension of being in the present moment that good change comes back again, good, kind-hearted people we meet and life again becomes lighter. And as we step into the new enriching growth and gratitude towards life, ourself and our journey, we forgive those who hurt us, we forgive ourself. We remain kind and loving. Surrender is our spiritual path of letting go. Letting go is letting be.

May 12, 2024, 2am. You don't live on the earth; you are passing through it. Rumi.