We live in a world shaped by dominance, and it's difficult to unlearn the patterns of control, certainty, and self-protection. Yet waiting disrupts these patterns. In the waiting, we begin to listen differently. We stop reaching for power and start receiving what is already here. The longer we stay with the discomfort, the more we begin to notice the quiet voice of the heart that keeps pointing us toward love. That voice doesn’t shout. It invites. We cannot know love if we remain unable to surrender our attachment to power, if any feeling of vulnerability strikes terror in our hearts. The surrender is not passive. It is an act of trust that opens space for change. Love is not earned or achieved. It is received. Letting go of supremacy—within ourselves, our groups, even our species—makes love possible. That is the deeper healing we long for.
May the courage to surrender power and welcome vulnerability
open the way to love that heals and restores all.
(inspired by bell hooks, All About Love; Brian D. McLaren, Faith After Doubt)