A meditation on death

Accepting our own mortality is actually an important part of being alive. I dont see this as morbid or depressing at all. When you live out of an awareness of the temporal nature of life it becomes more precious.
Knowing that im going somewhere better when i die allows me to have a better perspective on life. Knowing that all things pass, no matter how hard they seem, that there is an end to them. That the pain we go through is like the passing winter storm, eventually spring comes and so does growth like the renewal of hope.
I also think grattitude and humility comes out of acknowledging our own mortality, thus life needs to be lived as an expression of those things. Meaning we live out of grattitude for the gift of life and all the blessings it offers, we offer up our lives to serve God and others in humility.
Im grateful i dont have to carry the burden of my fate, just as i dont have to carry the dead weight of knowing all that will happen in my life. Both of these represent something that has caused people  everywhere much suffering, the desire to control.
Losing this desire means we lose something that we really dont need anyway, surrendering to divine providence means were free to be ourselves. Control however can be like a snake around your neck, always constricting, never giving.
This in turn causes tension in ourselves and in our relations with others, causing pressure and pain.
To awaken to the possibility that our hearts can be free of this is a wonderful gift, i remember this as i awaken from sleep every morning, that i have a choice. The choice to walk in Gods grace and blessings, in the freedom of dying to myself. Because when i do this, i allow my heart to shine forth.
I shine when i have real moments of awakening through on my yoga mat, when i hurt and surrender myself to divine healing. Those moments of both joy and tragedy that are fully experienced. Experience becomes wisdom, leading to revelation of who i truly am.
These moments are found when i walk my edge, finding just how far my strength truly reaches through times of testing and full awareness of the flow of life in my spirit.
Its also realized when terrible things happen and my reaction to them, such as divorce. After a short but exhausting time of trying to control the situation, i simply let go, of my ex and everything else. I simply determined not to let someone else determine my fate, or my happiness. I have forgiven her while also refusing to carry the weight of her decisions. I let go of the situation and walked away in peace, i did this by dying to my desires, such as the need to control and know everything! This ultimately  led to joy because i know im not a failure.

What burdens are you carrying today and what will happen if you let them go?