Surrender

Have you watched and heard the latest news about America's Got Talent's contestant Nightbirde? Oh my gee, if not then I am telling you, you better watch it now, feel it and tell me if you still have the right to complain about life! I will not go into details, I want you to watch it also and be moved with her story and her original song!

Surrender: means to cease, give up, to let go.

Why surrender? Why would someone choose to surrender when there are so many uplifting words online. There are so many ways and reasons to get up and fight.

I remember a friend who suffered from depression because of a breakup. He lost appetite, goes to work with his hood on and end up crying over a happy song and could not focus on his job. I don't understand how and why but their relationship is only 3 months old and for me it's just a baby and they have not invested too much. He was too hurt to the point of surrender and he even attempted to jump over a foot bridge in EDSA. But according to him, when he saw how high, he realized that he would not look good in his funeral so he just cried and cried then went home. From then on he started listening to inspiring videos and even attended Christian worships.

There is also this close member of our family, my sister-in-law. She is my cousin's wife and she has been fighting cancer for more than 5 years now. When she was first diagnosed of her illness, the doctor told her that she only has 4 months to live as her cancer was already in stage 4. She took the risk to fight for her life because her kids are still young; 8 and 4 respectively. She undergone series of chemo and radiation for almost a year. Some of her friends and even our relatives said that she could not make it because her condition had gone bad. She was too weak, experience being bald, her eyes was even affected. But she fought and prayed hard and thank goodness, she is still alive. Tho she is still fighting cancer but she tries to live as normal as possible to divert her attention.

I myself had series of surrenders in my life. One,I gave up my dream to become a CPA. I graduated BS Accountancy and even took the board exams twice but I failed. On the supposed to be 3rd try, I told my sister, I will no longer take the board and will just look for a job as I see the urgency to help the family for our expenses. Two (2) of my younger siblings were already in college and I would not want to add to my parent's burden. Yes, I surrender that title.

I also let go of an opportunity to go abroad. My aunt wanted me to marry their friend's son who lives in the US. According to my aunt, this guy just saw my graduation picture that was displayed at my aunt's house and would want me to be his girlfriend. So my aunt gave him my number so he could contact me. My aunt would constantly call me and would say that I should grab that opportunity so I could bring my parents there and that I could bring my father to the best hospitals there since he was suffering from heart problems at that time. But when I saw his picture, I told my aunt, No! She was very hurt and disappointed that she ignored me for 2 years.

Then I gave up my corporate career for the chance of a lifetime to be with my daughter. I know you have read this so many times in my previous articles but it was a decision that I am so proud of.

I know that we all have surrender moments in our lives and were able to cope up and survive. Have you noticed that the moment we surrender to or on something, better opportunities opens? Sometimes, surrender means giving up or letting go to welcome a new journey, a life changing one and that turns out to be a beautiful disaster.

Surrender also means casting all our burdens to our Supreme Father. Letting go of the situations that we can no longer control and let God fill it for us, solve it for us, pave the way for us.

So my friend, it's okay to surrender. It's not a sign of being weak or cowardice. We are just opening more doors for us to improve, to be better, to be happy and to come closer to God.😊

Thanks for reading and God bless us all.

Keep inspiring. Keep smiling.

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