dailydatewithgod

Living in a “free” country we are constantly reminded about the preciousness of freedom.  When we compare ourselves to other nations this seems to be the marking line from which we stand out as Americans.  I have come to realize over the years that my level of freedom is directly proportional to my willingness to let go of thinking that keeps me trapped in my head and out of reality.  When I live in the conversation of this shouldn’t have happened, how could I have messed this up, what is wrong here, etc., I am in the jail cell of my mind.  Recently I was reflecting on a conversation I had with someone and all that kept coming up for me was how I “should” have exited out of it before I did.  The reality is that I did not do what I “should” have done, so I asked God what can I learn from this?  Show me how to be compassionate in my thinking towards myself.  Then and only then was I able to come back to the present and this moment where my feet are. This is the most effective way I have found to liberate myself from the tyranny of my head that can, if I let it, imprison me and bar me from experiencing life as it comes.  My prayer for us today is that we notice if we are imprisoning ourselves with our thinking and ask God what liberating thoughts we can replace that with.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen