dailydatewithgod

It is a sobering experience when you realize that you have little control over anything in your life.  The relief is that you do have control over how you perceive things, no matter what they are.  In fact, it is when we stop trying to foolishly gain control over the things we don’t have and fully embrace the control we do have that we experience freedom.  There are many things that happen in our lives that we don’t like, don’t think “should” happen, or wish to not have experienced, but who is the ultimate authority on what is supposed to be.  I have found that the more I try to fight the reality of what is, the more dis-ease I experience.  I am not recommending that we pretend that we love everything but acceptance is the gateway to freedom.  When my body is in pain and needs to move slower, I don’t like it, but fighting it and further injuring it has never sped up the recovery process.  Getting help, resting, keeping my mind healthy, being open to learning from what the situation is here to teach me are the keys to moving through it.  This requires an attitude adjustment.  An attitude that I am a student. Life is my lesson plan and God is my teacher here to support my learning and my growth.  If I maintain the humble attitude of being a learner, then I can remember that there is no perfection there is only action.  How can I possibly know how to handle something I have never experienced before.  Does it scare me? Does it bring me face to face with who I am and who I want to be in this world?  Yes!  Do I need to connect with others and ask for help?  Yes!  Will doing so remind me that I am not alone and that we all need to be intertwined to make it on this earth? Yes!  Will being a learner expand my heart and give me compassion for the others learners walking side by side on the same path? Yes!  Will this attitude of being a learner make me more loving?  Yes!  And that seems to be the bottom line.  All of our experiences and circumstances are to help us head in one direction–LOVE!  If in experiencing strife and difficulty I am adopting an attitude of anger, resentment, and discontent, I have to stop and ask myself if this attitude is bringing me closer to or further away from love.  The further from love (my inner essence), the greater my dis-ease. There is a time for everything in this world, so sometimes in order to appreciate the peace we must know the dis-ease. Whatever it is when my attitude is a firm acknowledgement that I am love and headed in the direction of love then I can have the confidence to accept what the reality is today, for this moment.  It is all part of what the Beatles would call the long and winding road.  Remember there is another bend around the corner that will be here before you know it. My prayer for us today is that we have the courage to adopt an attitude of acceptance of what is.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen