Surrender-A moment of awareness
Moment of awareness 🪷 Swim down the river. Client : _I have worked with my therapist for a while now. I have tried everything, but I don’t understand how to stop feeling this way_.” “What is this feeling? Let’s talk.” Client _I have chronic anxiety and fear. And seeing the way the world is, the global state of affairs, the wars, the global warming, not to mention my personal relationships, makes it seem overwhelming_.” “Hmm.” “I forgot the pandemic. So much suffering for the past few years all around us.” “That’s quite true.” “So what is the solution to this suffering?” “What is suffering? What do we mean by that word?” “I guess pain. Hurt. Fear.” “The word suffering comes from the Latin words. Sub and ferre. ‘Sub’ means below, and ‘ferre’ means to bear. So what you bear underneath, is suffering.” “That makes sense.” “But what is actually suffering?” “Hmm. I guess I don’t really know beyond what I already said.” “Let me ask you something. Do you like swimming?” “I actually don’t. But