This business of hozho

"This business of hozho. The way I understand it ... I’ll use an example. Terrible drought, crops dead, sheep dying. Spring dried out. No water. The Hopi, or the Christian, maybe the Moslem, they pray for rain. The Navajo has the proper ceremony done to restore himself to harmony with the drought. You see what I mean. The system is designed to recognize what’s beyond human power to change, and then to change the human’s attitude to be content with the inevitable."

~from ‘Sacred Clowns’ by Tony Hillerman

Acceptance says

"Acceptance says, True, this is my situation at the moment. I’ll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I’ll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me."

--Catherine Marshall

It is important

"It is important not to ‘need’ what you are calling to you but rather to have a certain detachment about it. Let it be all right if it doesn’t come, or if it comes in a different form than what you expect. After you have asked for something, surrender to whatever comes as being appropriate."

-- Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer

Remember

Remember that you cannot hold on to something and surrender it.

~Joel Goldsmith

If you don't know

If you don’t know the answer, surrender.

~from Gems of Wisdom

I'm telling you

I’m telling you, things are getting out of hand. Or maybe I’m discovering that things were never in my hands.

Real Live Preacher, August 2, 2003

We have not come here

We have not come here to take prisoners, but to surrender ever more deeply to freedom and joy.

~Hafiz