Release and forgive

I have unresolved ant issues. As a result, they keep returning to my kitchen. Just when I began letting down my guard, thinking “They’re gone!”, they came back. Two in a row, this morning, on my counter top. I was upset.

I spent the morning detaching from them, knowing it’s not personal, and putting more anti-ant goo around my kitchen. Tomorrow I’m going to get more traps.

Get out of my KITCHEN!

No. Wait. I detach. Detach. Detach. You do whatever, I don’t care.

Just eat all the goo and get out of my KITCHEN!

In spiritual terms, I’ve heard many times that surrendering things to the Universe is a way to move forward and letting go of the past. But I could never grasp this concept because I didn’t like it. I thought it meant waving a white flag and giving something up. It felt like a gesture of weakness.

I came across a short article that instantly changed my perception. It described it as an act of releasing. Immediately, I had an image of colourful balloons flying up into the sky.

This, I totally get. Releasing, surrendering, isn’t an act of weakness, but one of freeing up negative space for positive energy.

I’m liking this new definition!