dailydatewithgod

It is amazing to me how much my perception effects what I am seeing.  Perhaps this is a “duh” idea but I begin to clue into the power of my mind when I own up to the fact that I create my own reality.  All kinds of things are going on all the time and they just are.  There is no good or bad, right or wrong, it is only the meaning that I place on things that makes them so.  The catch for me is remembering that when I am in a stew of negativity that I cannot pull myself out.  What I sometimes do is make myself wrong for not being able to see the gratitude or the gift of the situation. Then I am even worse off than the original thoughts I started with.  It is kind of like trying to get rid of a headache by applying a hammer to my skull.  It is a great relief to me when I remember to bring Spirit back into the equation. The simplest way for me to do this is to take a deep breath.  I call it participating in respiration–re introduce spirit to my mind and my body.  Amazingly it works so much better than the hammer for my aching head or stinking thinking.  My body is grateful because I have brought new life into it, my heart is grateful because I invited the Spirit of life into the equation and God smiles because I am

reconnected.  My prayer for us today is that we seek the relief that comes with the simplicity of our breath as often as possible (and remember that our bodies prompt us to do it all day long even when we are not paying attention).  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen