Surrendering is intentionally laying down the power I possess. And have I considered that the power I lay down is often more powerful than that which I’m laying it down in front of? Therefore, I would be wise to recognize that surrender is less the absence of power and more the presence of fear.

It is the aversion to fear that kills the greatest of dreams. And until the aversion to the death of our dreams outpaces the fears that kill them, what we could achieve will only be a dream.

Apathy is giving up when we need to get up.

Sadly, in too many cases surrender is having been ‘outrun’ by fear rather than having ‘run out’ of heart.

The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of all.

Our roads are most often a tawdry detour we have chosen because the press of pain or the push of greed drove us off the path.

We are all on a journey. But if it’s not the journey to which we were called, we’ve confused a journey with a panicked retreat.

Of course I can run, but what I’m running from is the reality that I can’t run.

If I’m perplexed by the fact that I’m constantly lost, maybe somewhere in my head I’ve determined that being lost serves a greater purpose than being found.