Quotes on Surrender

Many of the images you see on this site are of what we call a Surrender Pose.
So what is a Surrender Pose and what does it have to do with Optimism?

One of the central messages of ™ is the balance between creating the life you love (personal responsibility, being in action) and listening to life, to those things you can not control (surrender or trust).

The Surrender Pose is a reminder to open yourself to the gifts life provides, even when they do not look like gifts.

One night an image from the movie the Black Stallion (with Kelly Reno & Mickey Rooney), came to mind as what being open to each and every experience as if it were a blessing and an opportunity might look like.

boy and horse on beach meeting

After the ocean liner had sunk and the boy and the horse were the only survivors on a deserted island, the boy tries to ride the stallion and is repeatedly thrown. Eventually he is successful and he closes his eyes, streches out his arms wide, and surrenders completely to the horse, pounding down the beach.

That night I tried that body posture on, arms stretched open wide and my head tilted back. It was a difficult and uncomfortable. But I practiced.

I started doing Surrender Poses all the time. Whenever I needed to be reminded of the power of surrendering to life, going with the flow not against it, I did a Surrender Pose. I started taking photos of Surrender Poses when I traveled and at meaningful events.

3 ladies in parade costumes doing a group surrender pose close up of surrender pose at radiohead concert swirly girl in tutu sillouette

Send us your Surrender Poses and join optimists everywhere embracing the blessing and opportunity of EACH and EVERY experience. We will create a mosaic of a Surrender Pose made up of many Surrender Poses. gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com

One of the central messages of ™is about the paradoxical balance between creating the life you love (personal responsibility, being in action) and listening to life, to those things you can not control (surrender or trust). Open yourself to the gifts life gives you, even when they do not look like gifts. The Surrender Pose is a visual image of that. May it inspire and support you.

Gabrielle Sundra
gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com