--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: When you surrender and release the…" description: "\"When you surrender and release the illusion of control, you begin to free-fall toward your destiny of a grand reunion with your original-self; a self u..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/bryant-h-mcgill-2612_destiny_when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illus_3099726.jpg" --- # When you surrender and release the illusion of control… ![“When you surrender and release the illusion of control, you begin to free-fall toward your destiny of a grand reunion with your original-self; a self uncorrupted by the world's false lessons of fear and control.” quote by Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/bryant-h-mcgill-2612_destiny_when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illus_3099726.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/bryant-h-mcgill-2612_destiny_when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illus_3099726.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/bryant-h-mcgill-2612_destiny_when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illus_3099726.jpg) > “When you surrender and release the illusion of control, you begin to free-fall toward your destiny of a grand reunion with your original-self; a self uncorrupted by the world's false lessons of fear and control.” [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Releasing the need to control opens the path to authentic destiny and inner unity. **In simple terms:** Let go of control to find your true self. Key Takeaway Embrace surrender for deeper alignment. Themes self‑discovery spirituality control destiny reunion Mood reflective hopeful calm Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - meditation - therapy - creative work - relationship healing Key Concepts non‑attachment inner truth self‑realization Questions to Reflect On - What does control feel like in your life? - How could letting go change your goals? A Different Perspective Surrender may be misinterpreted as passivity, leading to inaction. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Destiny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destiny/) [Fall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fall/) [Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/) [Illusion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/illusion/) [Illusion Control](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/illusion-control-297206/) [Illusion of control](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/illusion-of-control/) [Lessons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lessons/) [Original Self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/original-self-1028382/) [Originals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/originals/) [Our destiny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our-destiny/) [Release](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/release/) [Release Illusion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/release-illusion-2175310/) [Reunion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reunion/) [Self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self/) [Self Uncorrupted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-uncorrupted-5366042/) [Surrender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrender/) [World](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/) [Your destiny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/your-destiny/) ## Related quotes > [“When you release the illusion of control, you begin an effortless free-fall toward a grand reunion with your original self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-mcgill/when-you-release-the-illusion-of-control-you-begin-an-effortless-free/) [Bryant McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-mcgill/) > [Many of us rely on our own illusion of control. But when God makes it known to you that you're not the one steering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmin-mogahed/many-of-us-rely-on-our-own-illusion-of-control-but-when-god-makes-it/) [Yasmin Mogahed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmin-mogahed/) > [Adulthood brings with it a pernicious illusion of control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-gabriel/adulthood-brings-with-it-a-pernicious-illusion-of-control/) [Juan Gabriel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-gabriel/) > [“illusion of control to describe what happens when we place ourselves in the role of agent in a situation that truly lacks one.8 We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/illusion-of-control-to-describe-what-happens-when-we-place-ourselves/) [David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/) > [If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-katie/if-you-want-real-control-drop-the-illusion-of-control-let-life-have/) [Byron Katie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/byron-katie/) > [“Perhaps the strangest thing about this illusion of control is not that it happens but that it seems to confer many of the psychological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-gilbert/perhaps-the-strangest-thing-about-this-illusion-of-control-is-not/) [Daniel Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-gilbert/) > [You must let go of the illusion of control..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oogway/you-must-let-go-of-the-illusion-of-control/) [Oogway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oogway/) > [“Do I see control on all sides, or the illusion of control?" List’s face twisted slightly. "Sometimes the two are one and the same.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/do-i-see-control-on-all-sides-or-the-illusion-of-control-list-s-face/) [Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/) > [“Was he just humouring me? Just giving me the illusion of control while he manipulated me into doing what he wanted with his overwhelming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ripley-patton/was-he-just-humouring-me-just-giving-me-the-illusion-of-control-while/) [Ripley Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ripley-patton/) > [“An illusion of control is still only an illusion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-duran/an-illusion-of-control-is-still-only-an-illusion/) [Meredith Duran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-duran/) > [“A market need no longer be run by the Invisible Hand, but now could create itself-its own logic, momentum, style, from inside. Putting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pynchon/a-market-need-no-longer-be-run-by-the-invisible-hand-but-now-could/) [Thomas Pynchon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pynchon/) > [“People who do affirmations will have the sensation that they are causing the environment to conform to their will. This is an immensely enjoyable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-adams/people-who-do-affirmations-will-have-the-sensation-that-they-are/) [Scott Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-adams/) > [The illusion of control has to be there, but mostly I'm following characters and the consequences of their own decisions, because a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-shacochis/the-illusion-of-control-has-to-be-there-but-mostly-i-m-following/) [Bob Shacochis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-shacochis/) > [“The first step in battling the illusion of control is to be aware of if. But even then it is difficult, once we think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-mlodinow/the-first-step-in-battling-the-illusion-of-control-is-to-be-aware-of/) [Leonard Mlodinow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-mlodinow/) > [“I don't like when I can't control what reality is doing. Which is unfortunate because reality works independently of the things I want, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allie-brosh/i-don-t-like-when-i-can-t-control-what-reality-is-doing-which-is/) [Allie Brosh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allie-brosh/) ## More by Bryant H. McGill > [True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/true-education-is-limited-to-those-people-who-would-die-without/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/you-reclaim-your-power-by-loving-what-you-were-once-taught-to-hate/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [It will feel impossible; like you are dying inside this is your soul crying out for life. It may take everything you have; every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/it-will-feel-impossible-like-you-are-dying-inside-this-is-your-soul/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/genius-is-always-accompanied-by-enthusiasm/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [My self-esteem had been crushed through years of childhood bullying and serious abuses, which would take me decades to overcome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/my-self-esteem-had-been-crushed-through-years-of-childhood-bullying/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/good-manners-are-appreciated-as-much-as-bad-manners-are-abhorred/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [Become empty to become complete, for it is the void that defines the form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/become-empty-to-become-complete-for-it-is-the-void-that-defines-the/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [Dare to love every person, including yourself. Become the energy of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/dare-to-love-every-person-including-yourself-become-the-energy-of-love/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/a-mistake-made-by-many-people-with-great-convictions-is-that-they/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [You are the artist and the art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/you-are-the-artist-and-the-art/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/in-america-educators-punish-those-who-actually-think-for-themselves/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/hate-controls-everything-it-touches-but-love-sets-everything-it/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [Let people speak. Let people disagree. Communicate. Listen. Have high-respect, if not for your opponent, then for your own comportment and conduct as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/let-people-speak-let-people-disagree-communicate-listen-have-high/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/while-it-is-important-for-people-to-see-your-promise-you-must-also/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) > [Stop your worrying, panicking and stressing. Breathe. Remember, you made it this far through difficulties that seemed impossible. Remember how many times you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/stop-your-worrying-panicking-and-stressing-breathe-remember-you-made/) [Bryant H. McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) [Explore all 158 Bryant H. McGill quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/) ## More Destiny quotes > [... War on the destiny of man! Doom on the sun! Before death takes you, O take back this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/war-on-the-destiny-of-man-doom-on-the-sun-before-death-takes-you-o/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Anatomy is destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/anatomy-is-destiny/) [Sigmund Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmund-freud/) > [“You are destiny for greatness. Your future is in the hands of the Lord.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/you-are-destiny-for-greatness-your-future-is-in-the-hands-of-the-lord/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) > [“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idries-shah/to-be-a-sufi-is-to-detach-from-fixed-ideas-and-from-preconceptions/) [Idries Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idries-shah/) > [ Man blindly works the will of fate. \[Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christoph-martin-wieland/man-blindly-works-the-will-of-fate-ger-blindlings-that-er-blos-den/) [Christoph Martin Wieland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christoph-martin-wieland/) > [There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/there-are-times-when-we-can-feel-destiny-close-around-us-like-a-fist/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [“It's morning now, and I miss the soft rasp of her voice already. Ugh. I'm in trouble, aren't I?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-shand/it-s-morning-now-and-i-miss-the-soft-rasp-of-her-voice-already-ugh-i/) [Pat Shand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-shand/) > [You can't choose what stays and what stays away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-welch/you-can-t-choose-what-stays-and-what-stays-away/) [Florence Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florence-welch/) > [“Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthon-st-maarten/failing-to-meet-your-true-destiny-is-a-tragic-act-of-free-will/) [Anthon St. Maarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthon-st-maarten/) > [Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-kidman/somehow-destiny-comes-into-play-these-children-end-up-with-you-and/) [Nicole Kidman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-kidman/) > [“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-that-instant-it-all-seemed-to-come-clear-to-him-it-came-in-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Destiny is the ordained intention God has sacredly prepared with your name on it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-s-lynch/destiny-is-the-ordained-intention-god-has-sacredly-prepared-with-your/) [John S. Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-s-lynch/) > [“There is no interaction without God with interaction with men”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/there-is-no-interaction-without-god-with-interaction-with-men/) [Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/) > [We are somehow the children of the planet, we are somehow its finest hour; we bind time, we bind the past, we anticipate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/we-are-somehow-the-children-of-the-planet-we-are-somehow-its-finest/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [“Fate and future both are servant to the determined, for they are nothing but creation of human determination.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/fate-and-future-both-are-servant-to-the-determined-for-they-are/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Browse all 7,925 Destiny quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destiny/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you surrender and release the illusion of control, you begin to free-fall toward your destiny of a grand reunion with your original-self; a self uncorrupted by the world's false lessons of fear and control.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bryant H. McGill" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illusion-of-control-you-begin-to/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Destiny" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illusion-of-control-you-begin-to/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/bryant-h-mcgill-2612_destiny_when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illus_3099726.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/bryant-h-mcgill-2612_destiny_when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illus_3099726.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/bryant-h-mcgill-2612_destiny_when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illus_3099726.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you surrender and release the illusion of control, you begin to free-fall toward your destiny of a…” — Bryant H. McGill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Bryant H. McGill", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-h-mcgill/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "When you surrender and release the...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illusion-of-control-you-begin-to/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-h-mcgill/when-you-surrender-and-release-the-illusion-of-control-you-begin-to/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```