Three sisters ages 72, 74, and 76 lived in a house
together. One night the 76-year-old drew a bath. She
put her foot in and paused. She yelled down the stairs
"was I getting into or out of the bath?"

The 74-year-old yelled back "I don't know. I'll come
up and see." She started up the stairs and paused.
Then she yelled, "was I going up the stairs or down?"

The 72-year-old sat at the kitchen table having tea,
listening to her sisters. She shook her head sadly and
said, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful." She
knocked on wood for good measure. She then yelled,
"I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see
who's at the door."

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.