dailydatewithgod

It’s finally here!  A brand new year!  Well, a new day inside a new year!  Such excitement, relief, trepidation, enthusiasm, anticipation, and a myriad of other feelings often come with the beginning of a new year.  What is it exactly that made this change from 11:59 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. so much more special?  Our thoughts.  We individually and collectively made the changing of that one minute mean all the things that we are feeling about it. Yes, we have that much power.  Life is 10% what happens and 90% how we react to it (a.k.a.-what we make it mean).  The beauty in that creative process is that at 12:01 a.m. we could make it mean something else entirely.  How we experience our life is simply a result of the meaning that we create.  For someone nursing a sick person back to health it was simply one more minute of life.  To a person waiting for a loved one to return home safely, it was one minute closer to when they would see their loved one.  To someone serving time in prison, it was one more minute closer to their release date or execution.  To someone living on the street it was one more minute closer to when the sun would come up and the air would get warmer.  To the person spending time with the love of their life it was one more kissing embrace they got to enjoy.  To a sleeping child it was one more minute added on to the hours of dreaming.  To the dog next door it was one more minute closer to when the firecracker noises that disturbed him would stop.  To the one for whom 2013 was the worst year of his/her life it was the end of the treachery.  For the one who had the best year of her/his life, it was the stepping into uncertainty of what this new year might bring.  We all have such meaning placed on the changing of the clock from one minute to the next.  Isn’t it amazing what we can create from the meaning.?

As we think about the new year, or even the next hours of this day we call January 1st, I have a challenge for you.  My challenge is that each day we take the action and surrender one of our moments’ meanings.  In other words, take one thing each day that we have made mean whatever we made it mean, it give it over (surrender) it to God to create a new meaning.  We can pick a “good or bad” meaning or one that is “working or not working” for us and just turn it over.  Then we can see if at the end of 2014 if we experienced any greater peace.  I invite you to share with me on this blog and or with others if it makes a difference to surrender just one meaning per day. Are you up for the challenge?  My prayer for us today is that we have the courage to let go of one meaning today and be open to a God-meaning.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen