dailydatewithgod

Our minds are powerful and creative centers.  We are given a tremendous gift by God that enables us to shape our reality.  How we view things in our lives is a direct correlation to what we make them mean.  We do not see things as they “actually” are, we see things as we think we see them.  This is why two people can be present at the same event and see two different things.  Everything we witness with our eyes goes through the lens of our perception.  If I am having a good day a compliment is lovely and it matches my perception of my good day. If I am having a bad day it can be welcomed as a switch to my thinking or even be rejected because I don’t see what the other person is talking about.  Today it is raining and is said to be raining heavily all day in southern California.  This means I can expect a wet, messy, hectic, stressful experience –and that is just getting out the door to put my stuff in the car before I even get into traffic!  Or, it can be a smooth, cleansing, appreciation of moving a little slower and really paying attention to what is in front of me.  It is entirely up to me.  The survival mechanism of my brain is braced for the first experience but as I sit down to my date with God this morning I am reminded that I have another option.  I have several other options.  I can show God where my head wants to go with my vision for the day and ask, does this match what you have in mind for my day?  Show me another way to perceive the possibilities for the day?  To which God smiles and winks at me and says, I think we can do better than what your limited mind came up with. Stick with me kid and today can be full of surprises.  I am happy to be with you as much or as little as you would like. My prayer for us today, no matter what outer circumstances we are facing, is we walk into our day or the next hour, that we bring our seemingly fixed perception honestly to God and ask if there isn’t a possible change and chance to create something different.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen