One of the beauties (and there are so many to choose from 😉 ) of being in relationship with God is that one’s relationship to the present begins to change. In the past, for me, the notion of being in the present was merely an idea of mentally just focusing on my day. At the time, my head was so full of unprocessed stories about the past and the future which kept me in a fog, not to mention the sugar (very handy for being able to deal with those stories) and so being mentally present was a challenge. Not that I was aware of any of this on a conscious level. All I knew was that life just kind of sucked. Sure, I knew how to be grateful and recognized that there were people starving in Africa and those who didn’t even have a roof over their heads in the rough part of town. But, I simply used that knowledge to beat myself up for not being of a better state of mind. I made myself wrong (one of my favorite defaults) for not snapping out of it. I see now that I simply was not ready to face up to what I needed to face up to and today I accept that I needed to be in that phase of my life because that is where I was. Today, having taken stock of my life and looked in the dark spaces that I was so afraid to sit still and quiet with, I am much more at peace with myself and the world. This is a process, a continual process, and some days are better than others, but I much prefer living a little more awake than being asleep. The reason is that I am awakened to the fact that God truly is present with me. It is not simply knowledge of the mind but a sense in my heart and my spirit. One that allows me to ride through the times when I don’t “feel” the presence of God. It is as though I have connected with that which is beyond my human experience and it continually guides me moment to moment. Some call it the Spirit, others call it the Universe. I find it matters little what I call it, only that I call upon it. When I am in those dark moments and I cannot see past my own nose, I know the connection to the beyond is only a breath away. It is a dip into inspiration. That breath can take me into a meditation time, an opportunity to see the person in front of me, a connection with my body, or just a chance to let the air out of my head. How a simple breath can connect with something beyond me is beyond my understanding and for today that is exactly how it is meant to be. My prayer for us today is that we be willing in the midst of wherever we are to stop and take a breath and for a moment connect with the beyond (God). Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen
Are you willing to set aside your ideas of how it is supposed to go and breathe into ideas from beyond? Share in the comments.
dailydatewithgod 
Beautiful, thank you.