We are all connected to each other, to ourselves, and to God. The key is to remember this. It is easy to forget because our minds focus on the differences and the separation. Our ego is all about separateness. The funny thing is that it is simply a perception shift. The moment I begin to notice the connections it is as though those connections multiply. What we focus on expands. If I am feeling disconnected, out of sync, separate, or other than all I have to do is shift my focus to the similarities between me and the people around me. At a very basic level I can start with what is acceptable–we are all human, we all have a heart, we walk on two legs, etc. I have a tendency in my separateness to think that the other person’s motives are different from mine, but we all have the same ultimate motive=LOVE. It is where we come from and when it is all over, it is where we will return. The way that we go about connecting and living in that love may differ greatly. But, how different would I feel about a person who is bothering me if I stopped and asked myself–how are they longing to be loved today? Maybe the very thing they are doing that irritates me or that I do not understand about them is the best they can do to connect with love? Maybe it isn’t about anything they are doing to me? I don’t know about you, but I don’t spend my days thinking about what I can do to other people–I don’t have that kind of time. I do the best I can to make it through my day and hopefully I have moments of thinking about what I can do for other people. Then I have another translation of what I am experiencing: when I am “bothered” by what I perceive others as doing to me, I can stop and ask, “What if what is happening is for me?” I then turn to God and ask how I can learn from this experience, this person, and our connection, our linkage becomes a reality. We all serve each other in our growth towards connecting with the love that is who we are in our essence. My prayer for us today is that we be open to seeing how life happens for us not to us. Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen
Are you willing for a moment to let go of the idea that life happens to you and instead be open to how it happens for you? Share in the comments.
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