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Posts by Mary-Thompson

Mary Thompson lives in the Washington, DC metropolitan area with her husband, their two dogs and a chinchilla. She has her BA in Anthropology from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

The Power of Surrendering: Let Go of Control to Be Peaceful and Free

“The reality is that tomorrow is most certainly uncertain and no matter how many expectations we form, tomorrow will come, tomorrow will go, and it will be what it will be.” ~Lori Deschene

I have never known how to surrender to just about anything. Surrendering is giving up control, and this is something I have never been good at doing.

From an early age I coped with tension and negativity by trying to will things to be different. This caused me a great deal of anxiety because trying to will anything to go your way is not only exhausting, …