dailydatewithgod

They say that life is about the little things.  “Dont’ sweat the small stuff . . . it’s all small stuff.”  I wish I could tell you where I heard that, there might be a book but hopefully the author will forgive me for not giving credit.  It is quite amazing with all that goes on around us and within us that we are able to truly digest anything. I realized this week when I was working that it is when we are single-focused and bring our attention to one thing that life somehow just works.  Being attentive and present brings a sense of peace.  I was at the store last weekend and this card popped into my line of sight from the display, it read, “You are exactly where you are supposed to be.  You are doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing.”  As I read it I felt this sense of relaxation come over me.  So, of course, I bought the card.  I was thankful to God for the reminder and put the card in my kitchen where I would see it every day.  Under the guise of saving time, I can be a great multitasker-typing while talking, on my phone when in the car (with my headset, of course), paying bills and watching tv, etc.  This is all great, but then sometimes when it counts most, I forget to stop and do just one thing.  When someone comes to talk to me, I do my best to give them my full attention (however imperfectly) because I know of the frustration of speaking to someone who is distracted and not listening.  God is fully attentive to us. It must be that omnipotent thing–being ever-present.  He catches the nuances of how we think and behave.  He is rapt with attention.  When I quiet myself long enough I too have experienced that rapture with life.  If I am truly trying to live in my god-self then I will cultivate attention with life.  It is hard sometimes to let go of the false notion that I need to be doing something else or be somewhere else, but I have slowly begun to believe that I am exactly where I am supposed to be, doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing.  The more I trust that, the more I can give my full attention to what is in front of me to be and do.  Then I experience the rapture of life.  My prayer for you today is that you have a moment of trusting you are exactly where you are supposed to be, doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing and sense that God is enraptured by you in that same moment.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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