I relinquish my struggle to control today. I give up efforts to dominate life. I no longer feel the need to force things to happen my way. I no longer need to hold on, to control. Just as the river has powerful currents, life, too, has strong forces that pull and tug. And just as the leaf in the river survives by going with the flow, I, too, will go with the flow of life. The river flows around boulders, obstacles and obstructions, and I, too, will find my course around obstructions and frustrations in my life. I have survived the forces that would have weakened or even annihilated me, and I have sprung free and open to the beauty of life.

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