Ep 269: How To Surrender and Let Go of Fear?

I don’t know about you but there have been times in my life where I have been sick and tired. I’ve been irritable, miserable, and lost.    There have been times, and it has been many years ago when I have been very unhappy with my external circumstances.    As I look back years ago, I now know that I was so unhappy because I was trying to control, force or make things happen.    Many of us try to control our external world and circumstances instead of managing our internal world which directly affects our external world. Many if not most of us work backwards.... we try to work from the outside in and that’s as successful as trying to snow ski uphill… it does not work.    Long ago I realized that life was so hard for me because I was trying to control things and I was not happy when things did not go the way I planned, wanted or expected.    I would literally fight, curse and complain about not getting the results I wanted when I was the one creating the lack of results. One day I realized, it dawned on me… I heard someone say, “Just surrender and all that will go away.” The last thing I wanted to do in life is surrender because I thought it would make me look weak. My tenacity and stubbornness was my downfall and it brought a great deal of unhappiness into my life.    I didn’t understand what it meant to surrender. And, when I finally understood the meaning of the concept of surrender my life started to change and that’s what I want to share with you in this episode.    If you want more peace and joy in your life then start living from what I share with you here.   Transformational Takeaway:  When you surrender you let go of fear and when you let go of fear you surrender. Ponder that. Your fears, not including survival fears, are attachment driven, and when we attach we try to control an outcome that is not surrendered and we make ourselves miserable through our attachments.   VISIT THE SHOW NOTES HERE FOR MORE: https://www.jimfortin.com/269   LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.   Join the conversation inside the Jim Fortin Podcast Community Facebook group HERE.   OTHER RESOURCES YOU MAY ENJOY: My Instagram account Podcast Facebook Community Click here to send your questions   Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin