surrendering to love

"Healing is surrendering to love."  

This is a quote that I heard at a meditation clinic here in Geneva.  We can all be so guarded concealing worry and doubt from others carrying our pain alone.  We do this in fear of letting the wrong person in and ending up broken hearted.  What we forget is that by closing off, we are standing stagnant in our own mistrust and past wounds.  The only way to heal is to take a deep breath, exhale all of the fear, and surrender to the love that's all around.

Stepping out of Buena Vista Colorado and into Switzerland is like dancing in a cleansing rain.  I can feel all of the pain that I was hiding from slowly drip away as I open to the beautiful world around me. I am coming out of a four year trance during which fear and memory of pain controlled my decisions and relationships.  Here, there is no evidence of the past only hope for the future.  I have spent enough time dwelling on what went wrong in my life and learning from it, now it is time to rinse it all away and start anew.

In Geneva, I am surrounded by highly motivated individuals with a wide array of incredible stories about how they ended up here.  There are people from every corner of the world studying or working with the goal of self discovery and world betterment.  My skin tingles as I realize how much good is circling all around me.  I am so grateful for all of the friends that I am meeting here and the little pieces of knowledge and care they share with me.  There is nothing better than exchanging ideas and feelings with others.  Each idea shared spurs the creation of ten more.