LESSONS IN SURRENDERING

I started doing voice recordings instead of journaling because I was having problems with my hand. This is the recording from January 7 of this year, before I published my book “Messages from the Afterlife.” It’s interesting to look back on my journey:

I am having trouble letting go of this book after editing it for the past two years. What I need to do now is to surrender just like my friend Sharyn said. She is editing my book and I’m impressed because she has real talent for this work. In fact, I told her if she wanted to pursue editing as a side business I would endorse her work. She has been a wonderful friend towards me over the past 5 years. Our mothers made their transition within two months of each other. Sharyn and I spent many hours together on the beach grieving the loss of our mothers and reminiscing about their influence in our lives.

As I was going through my own editing process I received a strong message from Spirit that I should include quotes at the end of some chapters. I sat at Whole Foods with my favorite Mighty Maca smoothie researching Google quotes about death, self-care, cannabis, reincarnation, fear, gratitude, choosing the perfect quote for the chapter I wrote about.

I have this deadline in my head for January 10 to submit my manuscript to Balboa Press but it looks like that’s not feasible because Sharyn is still editing the final chapters. I know that my life is divinely guided and that must be a reason for this delay. Once again, it’s time to surrender.

I don’t regret the path I’ve been on with Balboa Press because it’s been a powerful learning experience for me. I have grown in many ways because I had the courage to move forward with my book. There was an opportunity to be assertive during this process and I wasn’t. I can forgive myself for that. I believe there is a reason for everything that happens. The reason why I chose Balboa Press was because it’s a division of Hay House and I wanted my book to be affiliated with higher consciousness energy.

So when the time is right I will submit my manuscript to Balboa Press. Until then I will surrender and play with my two cats, walk on the beach, read, go to my spiritual meetings and enjoy time with my husband.