Surrender

I have been working on this poem for over a week now.  Recently I've been contemplating the idea of surrender from the spiritual vantage.  After some wandering I've been left with the impression that surrender may be the most important choice we will ever make, assuming we ever make it.

Know the Flow as you go my friends!

Surrender

Would you labour under illusion,
that control is always good?
That it's dangerous to let it be,
as if God misunderstood.

Let's consider our control now, and
the workings of the world.
Did your force of determination,
make the budding leaf unfurl?

Did you wake up early this morning,
and cause the sun to shine?
Does the Universe need reminding,
to make the tide sway on time?

We do not need to remember,
how to make children grow.
Or instruct the wind on blowing,
Or make birds sing and crow.

The universe runs complexity,
with aplomb in spite of storms.
So why would we be afraid,
of such reflected forms?

It may sometimes be a little hard,
to find good within the bad.
We may wonder why it's happening.
Healing lessons to be had.

Try to see tough learnings as what is,
rather than what could be wrong.
It is not the why of happenings,
that helps us grow and be strong.

Living requires our humility,
not thinking what we should know.
All will be revealed in time,
Just surrender to the flow.

Like ending a game of tug-of-war,
we stop and let the rope go.
Surely this is how we surrender?
Trusting, beginning to know.

Begin to trust in the Universe,
release preconception of how.
Discard all clear expectations,
shred all your treasured pictures, right now!

Perhaps you will see that what led you,
was the dance of mystery.
And what you once thought as failure,
was luring you to be free.

The truth is that we don't always know,
what is our best interest.
So you think that you're smarter than God?
Most assuredly you jest.

Controlling the uncontrollable,
is surely doomed to fail.
Paradox, mystery of
knowing the end of the tale.

To surrender simply rise each day,
and say, "thy will" and not "mine."
Release the attachment to knowing.
Surrender to the Divine.

I don't know what's to happen today,
I foresee changes to face.
Situations will lead me to paths,
new journeys destined to grace.

My greatest unfolding will be found,
on a journey of being and soul.
Where love is possible today,
transformed events of the whole.

When is the right time to surrender?
Every moment, every day!
Each event an opportunity,
To love in a bigger way.

We remembered when we were born,
and will again with our death,
that we must not forget to surrender,
with every living breath.

If you have the power to change things,
then sure, go right ahead, but
learn to recognize situations,
where Divine door has been shut.

When we feel we are bailing against
the tide with struggle and fear,
then these are the times to surrender,
lest our struggle consume our cheer.

If life doesn't flow or feel at peace,
if weight has consumed splendor,
if you want to change what cannot be changed,
then it is time to surrender.