dailydatewithgod

There are so many things in our experience that we can either be delighted and surprised by or irritated and displeased with.  It is always a choice.  I like the idea of being delighted because it is an element of surprise and curiosity.  In other words I can originally approach something with irritation and dissatisfaction and move to delighted quicker than acceptance and approval.  It is a mindset of curiosity, fascination, and welcoming the unexpected.  Who am I to say that whatever is happening or how a person is being is not exactly what I need to be present to and reacting to.  That, of course, would be the juncture.  Am I simply reacting to what is happening or am I making a specific choice on how to see the situation or person right in front of me.  It is helpful for me to begin to question my mind’s first response to something instead of just taking it in and usually judging it.  Yesterday I had the perfect opportunity.  I was at work and someone did something that I noticed irritated me.  I could have taken that and run with it.  Why isn’t he seeing what I am telling him?  Why isn’t it enough?  What is his problem?  I could have easily make it all about him.  But I was the one having the reaction.  He was just doing what he was doing.  It was not personal.  So I stopped and took a breath and started to harp on myself.  Why are you bothered by what he is doing? What is the matter with you Colleen?  So then I stopped again and said God, help me to see this as you see it.  Then I observed–isn’t it interesting that I am reacting to strongly to how this person is behaving.  I wonder why that is.  Look at how he has approached this whole thing and you got wrapped up in it.  It is not about you sweetheart.  What if you are a catalyst for his discovery process?  What if you can learn something from his dissatisfaction?  All of a sudden there was a shift and I was delighted by the interaction.  Amazing–just a few breaths and asking God for help with something “I should know how to handle” and a total energy shift.  My prayer for you today is that you have the courage to be open to how you can be delighted by something that irritates you.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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