Put down whatever you’re trying to control right now. Just for a moment. I promise it won’t fall apart.
Actually, that’s exactly the point – it might get BETTER without your white-knuckled grip on it. Without fear driving your motivation.
I spent decades trying to manage the universe. Spreadsheets for my spreadsheets. Backup plans for my backup plans. Trying to control how people saw me, what they thought, how every situation would unfold.
Know what all that controlling got me? Exhausted. Anxious. And completely cut off from actual power.
Here’s what A Course in Miracles revealed: when we try to have power OVER something, we’ve already lost. Real power – the kind that creates miracles – comes from surrender.
Not giving up. Giving UP ⬆️ Giving OVER.
Think about water flowing downhill. Does it stress about which rock to flow around? Does it make spreadsheets mapping its route? Nope. It just flows, following the path of least resistance, and it ALWAYS reaches its destination.
That’s you, Love. You’re meant to flow like water.
But every time you try to control an outcome, you’re building little dams. Creating resistance. Making everything SO MUCH HARDER than it needs to be.
I remember the day I finally let go. I’d been trying to force a business deal, make a relationship work, control my entire life into submission. Then, exhausted and defeated, I threw my hands up and said, “Fine, Holy Spirit. You take it.”
Within days – DAYS! – solutions appeared I never could have orchestrated. The right people showed up. Opportunities knocked that my controlling mind never could have imagined.
Because I finally got out of the way.
Your practice this week: Catch yourself mid-control. That moment when you’re manipulating, managing, forcing? Stop. Breathe. Say: “Holy Spirit, I give this to You.”
Then – and this is crucial – actually let go. Don’t hand it over then snatch it back five minutes later (been there, bought the t-shirt).
Trust that the Power that spins galaxies can probably handle your situation better than your worried mind can.
Stop managing. Start trusting. Watch miracles replace your perfectly controlled disasters.
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Thanks Jennifer 💫🙏🏻💞