Surrender, defeat and vengeance

I read somewhere that surrender is not defeat. To be defeated is to be broken. 

Surrender is a letting go of resistance. I will not fight. I will not resist. I release. I give up my grip of control. There is an exhale. To give up or give over to.

Defeat is an undoing, a destruction.

Both are momentary, unless we carry the emotions forward with us, and bow to the burden of being defeated or relinquishing control.

To be defeated, to be broken, as a state of being, is to allow the story of defeat to occupy territory in our being. This is a choice. It doesn’t have to be this way. When we give defeat a full range of play, we introduce emotions like vengeance. And vengeance is a spiteful guest in our biology.

Vengeance is loaded with cruelty and righteousness.

Blood is spilt by those who feel defeated and desire to continue their sense of defeat into the future.

From the petty acts of firing someone for providing real data that tells an undesired story, to eliminating entire communities, vengeance eats Souls and debases integrity.

Photo July 28th 2025, Article published August 6th 2025