Faith

Allow the universe to act through us every moment. We don't cease making decisions and taking action. We learn to walk in total faith. If projects are delayed, we just do our job, recognizing that there are unknown forces at work and trust that all is in perfect timing. Faith is a moment-by-moment commitment. At the point of surrender we are connected to the whole of life, not to just one part. Each surrender, no matter how small, is a significant step in learning how to allow the universe to work through us. At first it seems almost impossible. Our ego-will has a great deal invested in our belief that we need to control people and events in order to survive. Not only is it a great relief to give up all that control, but every time we do, the universe rushes in to support us in ways far greater than anything we could have manipulated into being. The very act of surrender lets loose powerful forces within us. The Taoist sage Chuang-tzu put it this way: "Nonaction does not mean doing nothing and keeping silent. Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied." When we surrender to our essence which is connected to the whole universe, we resonate with the whole and pull to us all that is needed.