dailydatewithgod

We cannot control our thoughts.  The good news is that if we let one pass, another will come and then another and then another.  Our brain is doing what it is supposed to do.  The mind chatter goes on about what is happening and what it means, it is trying to figure out where to file the information it is processing.  We can decide, however, what to do with the thoughts that we attach to.  It is a process of first noticing the ones we attach to.  Most likely they are the ones that hold an ego identification for us.  They are familiar and some of them are so integral that we don’t even realize when we are bathing in them because it is automatic.  Most of this is going on without us being conscious of it.  We do notice when we have feelings.  Feelings carry much more energy than our thoughts. When we attach to a thought and expand on it–analyze it, give it meaning, focus on it, it creates motion around the thought and energy in motion is e-motion.  We often don’t wake up until we feel the feelings.  I find it helpful to pause at this point and ask God for help to unpack what is happening.  Then I can take a closer look at what I am really reacting to and come from a place of action.  And the beauty of life is that when I am wiling to unpack I find God in the middle of my suitcase.  My prayer for us today is that we be willing to pause and unpack and find the beauty that lies within us.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen