I used to think that life was about things going perfectly. That when something didn’t go as planned it meant that something was wrong or I had done something wrong. That is a very constraining, not to mention, impossible way to live. The funny part is that I wasn’t even really aware of it. I didn’t set out every morning in the hopes of a “perfect” day where everything went according to plan. Yet the moment something went awry, my head would launch into a million reasons about how I “should” have done this or anticipated that and how I must have caused it. It is a relief to discover that I am just not that powerful. Life happens and what I make of life is in how I react to it. After waking up and seeing the insanity of living this way, I have slowly made progress in letting go, but some old ideas just stick with you. The letting go happens in layers. Opportunities will present themselves for me to come face to face with this idea that doesn’t work and I am given the chance to either default to it or choose something else. This is where the pause comes in handy. God has shown me over the years in our relationship that when I am believing the thought that I am at fault I am believing something contrary to what God has designed. God created me out of love and goodness and each event or circumstance is an opportunity to live that out and grow in love–plain and simple. Something happening does not tell me who I am, how I choose to act in the face of what is going on, tells me who I am. My prayer for us today is that we be open to believing that we are at our core the goodness from which we were created and nothing that happens today can tell us otherwise. Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen
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