2021 | The Year of Surrender – Understand the Meaning of the Word – Entry 2

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What is the Meaning of the Word Surrender? Start with the Prefix ‘Sur’.

This morning, it was impressed upon me to look more deeply into the word surrender.

The latin word ‘sur’ means above; over; or in addition to, like a surcharge is an amount paid in addition to the regular cost. It is related to the term ‘super’, which also means ‘beyond’ or ‘in addition to. Think of Superman and how his abilities surpassed that of mere mortals.

When you think of survival, you may think it means to live (vive) despite some obstacle that challenges your existence. It is to rise above or supercede circumstances that threaten life.

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What is the Secret to a Good Life on Earth?

Recently a friend of mine showed me pictures from his past — there were too many to count.  He’d met his wife at a young age (very early 20s), they married, had children, purchased homes, vacationed, lived life, made mistakes and then divorced.  He was pretty devastated by the divorce, but had recovered well over the last few years.  I cried.  I cried for him, I cried for them, I cried for their mistakes and I cried for my own failures…but I gained knowledge from my experience with him.

We Can’t Dwell on Loss or on the Past.

One of the things my friend did was to mourn deeply for what he and his family lost as a result of the divorce.  Then he moved on… Continue reading What is the Secret to a Good Life on Earth?

Help Wanted: More Love

 Quotes About Love

Love’s power is in the fueling of another’s life or #chi / #ase, which comes back to the sender for a never-ending cycle of power for living.

 

Love is when my kitty and my Shih Tzu fight over personal space, which turns into licking each other’s ears then taking a nap together.

Love is hope that no matter what you see in a person, you say what you hope to see until it manifests.

 

Love is when you and your friends decide to celebrate Valentine’s Day……again……for a week……in the middle of July.

 

Love is the smile a child gives to his mom when she serves him beans and he knows that she knows he wants a hot dog, but she doesn’t have a job….it’s his/her way of saying, “It’s okay mommy.  I understand, and I still want to be with you.”

 

Love is when a wife receives a negative doctor’s report and she goes from denial, to anger, to depression, to acceptance……..and her husband is still there three years later with toast and eggs on Saturday morning.

 

Love is when a husband becomes excited just watching how his wife takes out the trash. (I don’t know, it just came to me, but that would be real love… LOL!)

 

Love is when someone keeps failing, and you get more determined with each failure that they WILL win vs giving up on them!

 

Love is when a kid chews his pencil eraser during a test, then thinks of the motivational speech his dad told him at soccer practice and the answer he couldn’t think of suddenly comes to him.

 

Love is when you stop listening to a person’s voice and hear their heart.

 

Love is when perfect masculine energy combines with similar feminine energy to form nirvana.

  

These quotes may be shared throughout the world to promote a higher energy level, which is much needed these days!  

Ase!