What I’ve Learned in Sharing My Book
When I first dreamed of writing Surrender to the Thoughts and Experiences, I thought the hardest part would be putting the words on paper. But I’ve come to see that sharing those words is its own act of surrender. Writing asked me to turn inward. Publishing asked me to open outward. Both required courage, but in very different ways.
Standing in front of a room at my book launch, I felt exposed in a way I hadn’t anticipated. These pages carried pieces of me—my fears, my lessons, my truths. They held the quiet thoughts I had once only whispered to myself. To offer them to others felt like placing my heart in someone else’s hands. And yet, what I felt in return was not judgment, but connection. People saw themselves in my words. They found comfort, reflection, and stillness they didn’t even know they were searching for.
Since then, messages have arrived from readers near and far. Notes from strangers who paused long enough to say, “This is exactly what I needed.” Stories of mornings made softer, nights made calmer, decisions made with more trust. Each message reminds me that our stories are never just our own. They ripple outward, touching lives we may never meet, weaving threads of connection we may never fully see.
What I’ve learned is that sharing is a form of surrender. It’s releasing control over how you’ll be received, and choosing to show up anyway. It’s trusting that the words will land where they’re meant to, even if we never know the full reach. It’s believing that honesty, once released into the world, will find the people who need it.
This book has taught me that vulnerability is not a weakness—it’s a bridge. It builds pathways between us. It reminds us that what we carry quietly, others often carry too. And every time I hand my book to someone, every time I read from its pages, I am reminded: surrender is not just what I wrote about, it is what I am living.
And maybe that’s the truest gift of all—that in surrendering our stories, we make space for others to step into their own.
