Alex Yates

Now, I realize that this may seem a little foo-foo, new age for some folks, but since I am getting ready for auditions and working simultaneously - let alone, doing "life" - I feel this might be a valuable psychological and emotional tool. I am going to try it and I thought I would share this with anyone else who is interested.

April 5, 2006

A Place For Worries
Surrender Box

There are times when our minds become too full. Our to-do lists, worries, plans, and dreams may be so crowded together in our heads that we don't have room to think. We may believe that we are somehow taking care of our desires and concerns by keeping them at the forefront of our minds. In maintaining our mental hold on every detail, however, we may actually delay the realization of our dreams and the resolution of our worries because we won't let them go. At times such as these, we may want to use a surrender box.

A surrender box allows us to let go of our worries and desires so the universe can take care of them for us. We write down what we want or need to happen and then place the note into a box. By writing and placing our thoughts in the box, we are taking action and letting the universe know we need help and are willing to surrender our feelings. We give ourselves permission to not concern ourselves with that problem any longer and trust that the universe is taking care of it. You may even want to decorate your box and place it in a special place. Your surrender box is a sacred container for your worries. Not only do you free up space in your mind by letting go of our worries and desires and dropping them into your surrender box, but you are giving your burden over to a higher power. Once we drop our worries and desires into the surrender box, we free our minds so we can be fully present in each moment.

Surrendering our worries and concerns and placing them in the hands of the universe doesn't mean that we've given up or have been defeated. Instead, we are releasing the realization of our desires and the resolution of our worries and no longer concerning ourselves with their outcomes. It's always fun to go back and pull the slips of paper out of the box once your requests have been granted. And it's amazing how quickly problems go away and dreams come true when we finally let go and allow a higher power to help us.

Mikey

Alex,

Your timing could not have been more critical and helpful to me than now...

Thanks again..

Mike

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-cw-

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Liad Bar-EL

Very nice idea Alex.

I use the box method for extraneous thoughts when I'm trying to concentrate.

For the worries, I give them to G-d to handle. I think He could handle them better. What usually happens is that after doing this, like almost the next day, I get ideas on ways to manage these very things which I gave to Him.

It's for me to learn and grow; so, I have to deal with them.

Liad Bar-EL

gregc

I'm way too paranoid to write stuff like that down.
Cool idea though, if it works for you*

greg

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