Surrender Will I ever stop expecting this journey to be a steady row downstream on sweetly flowing waters? I should know by now it’s a mixed bag. Wise ones say we seekers need to surrender— a manner of living learned with practice. Like yesterday when I stopped to watch six wild turkeys on my usual trek up over the hills. For months, we had seen a group of seven roaming in our rural neighborhood. Now, I counted and recounted, lamenting the loss of one. But then the thought— the six still have each other. And I tried to take comfort in that as they clacked along, digging up bugs hidden under dried leaves. On my way home, the turkeys had moved their grazing to the weeds on the opposite side of the path. And I sighed with relief to see once again, there were seven.
Carolyn Chilton Casas is a Reiki master and teacher whose favorite themes to write about are nature, mindfulness, and ways to heal. Her articles and poems have appeared in Braided Way, Energy, Grateful Living, Odyssey, Reiki News Magazine, and in other publications. You can read more of Carolyn’s work on Facebook, on Instagram @mindfulpoet_, and in her first collection of poems Our Shared Breath or a forthcoming collection titled Under the Same Sky.
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