dailydatewithgod

The moments we have happen now.  There is no such thing as experiencing this moment later.  We cannot save it up and use it later.  We can capture it in our minds and bring it up in memory, but we have to be present in the moment to do so.  When I find myself not wanting to be present in the moment, it is because I am making negative meaning out of what is happening.  I lose trust that where I am right now is exactly where I am supposed to be.  If the intensity is high enough–good or bad, I can take on this old story that I can’t handle it and I need to get out of it.  I find it kind of funny that being fully alive body and soul in the present moment is almost more than I can bear sometimes.  But thankfully, I do not have to do it alone.  Since I have stopped running from my life and been willing to be uncomfortable (i.e.–be present to the moment that I don’t think is going the way I think it should be going), I have experienced more moments of gifts than I ever thought possible.  Good or bad, right or wrong, when I live in acceptance of the present moment with my breath, I am alive.  And the more I experience it, the more I want to risk it again and again.  Like anything, it takes practice and a willingness to risk that I don’t have it all figured out and maybe my perception of how things “really should be” is limiting.  My prayer for us today is that we have the courage to ask for help to be present in the moments of our day that we most want to not be present to so we can experience their gifts.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen