I remember the first time I heard the concept of surrender.  I was only about 15 years old.  I thought, why would I want to surrender?  Isn't that giving up?  Isn't that a 'weak' thing to do?  But really, surrendering is connecting to a higher power, the all knowing, the all loving.  Surrendering means trusting that we are loved, guided and protected.  Surrendering is accessing our power and seeking guidance from within ourselves.  Surrendering is releasing the egos need to control, manipulate and struggle, the egos need to be right.  When we surrender we allow love to flow, it allows space for grace and ease. 

Guidance:  Shift your energy in the moments of discomfort and struggle, by surrendering to your higher power.  Watch how quickly everything shifts when you let go, look for the magic in this.

Everyone has enough weeding to do in their own garden.  - Flemish Proverb

This is a loving reminder to tend to your own garden and not to worry so much about your neighbors.

Do you ever read or hear powerful words of guidance and transformation, then immediately think of someone else other than yourself?  I attended a inspirational talk the other day with some friends.  After the talk, listening to my friends, I noticed that they took the message and applied it to people they knew, not themselves, oh my mother should have been here to hear this talk.  This is easy to do.  The ego does not want to be called out.  It can be hard to look at ourselves and think, what can I learn from this message? or how can I grow from this?  For it is in taking the powerful messages we receive and learning from them that we can ultimately change others, simply by being the example.

I can hear Michael Jackson's song Man in the Mirror now,  I'm starting with the man in the mirror, I'm asking him to change his ways... if you wanna make the world a better place take a look at yourself and make that change.