Surrender

Paraphrased from Melody Beattie's "The Language of Letting Go"

   Master the lessons of my present circumstances.
   I do not move forward by resisting what is undesirable in my life today. I move forward, I grow, I change by acceptance.
   Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door.
   Listen to this truth: I am in my present circumstances for a reason. There is a lesson, a valuable lesson,that must be learned before I can move forward.
   Something important is being worked out in me, and in those around me. I may not not be able to identify it today, but I can know that it is important. I can know it is good.
   Overcome not by force, overcome by surrender. The battle is fought, and won, inside myself. I must go through it until I learn, until I accept, until I become grateful, until I am set free.

I will be open to the lessons of my present circumstances. I do not have to label, know, or understand what I am learning; I will see clearly in time. For today trust and gratitude are sufficient.