Reflection #55 Walking Toward the Light

I now am willing to let go
of the life I had planned,
so as to receive the life
quietly awaiting my soul.

What I receive each day
depends upon what I surrender,
so I release old fears,
old wounds, and weary illusions.

I welcome this season of renewal,
a time for forgiveness and mercy,
for laying down bitterness and regret
at the feet of the Holy.

And I am free again,
to rediscover who I truly am,
to leave behind false burdens
as I walk more lightly toward the light.

—Patricia D. Brown