Equanimity balances the giving of your heart’s love with the recognition and acceptance that things are the way they are.

However much you may care for someone, however much you may do for others, however much you would like to control things (or wish that they were other than they are) equanimity is a reminder that all beings everywhere are responsible for their own actions, and for the consequences of their actions. Equanimity will allow you to open your heart and offer love, kindness, compassion, and joy, while letting go of your expectations and attachment to results. Equanimity gives you the energy to persist, regardless of the outcome, because you will be connected to the integrity of the effort itself.

Frank Jude Boccio, Calm Within

Learn how to let go of expectations and your bitterness over life’s disappointments.

This is Part 2 of the Mortal Wisdom Series and I’ll discuss the lesson of Surrender and why we need to learn to let go in order to experience joy in life. These are the lessons we can learn from our mortality and how to thrive in life while knowing that death awaits. Listen to Part 1 first if you haven’t heard it yet!

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This episode includes:

• How suffering increases when we believe that things should have been different
• How clinging to the need to control the events of life can lead to bitterness and regret
• Life flows like a river and we cannot control or stop the flow by resisting it
• Why staying attached to our expectations keeps us from experiencing what life is offering us in each and every moment
• How to reframe…