PERSONAL GROWTH
SURRENDER
“TENSION IS WHO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BE.
RELAXATION IS WHO YOU ARE”
- Chinese Proverb for the day ahead, is often my source of strength.
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By Brenda Grosenick
aking up with a heart of gratitude from the grace of yesterday is always my gift to myself. Spending a few minutes in the sacred space between the worlds of subconscious and conscious awakening, invoking blessings | 14
It’s truly a magical place…. but then, my feet hit the floor, and all the left-over things written on my yellow sticky note from the day before start filling my mind. Fear creeps in and I am reminded of the reality that the world is in chaos. There is an unprecedented level of anxiety, families are in despair, people avoid each others touch, businesses struggle to survive… I’m sifting through conflicting
information that’s constantly tugging on my brain and my heart. Surely, I am not alone – surely, you’ve felt it, too - a dreadful and unwelcomed presence. One that triggers shadow pieces. One that always brings us to a pause point. A choice point. A canvas to paint our day on. It’s here, in this sacred space that I remember who you and I justly are: innocent and free, alive and awake in the moment, eloquent creations of Divinity, powerfully
