dailydatewithgod

So often we think that the thoughts running through our heads are just information.  We tend to take them as truths, our truths.  As I have grown from my daily dates with God each morning I see the value of inquiry.  Each thought or feeling becomes an opportunity to investigate further, especially if it is something that keeps coming up for me.  It is like getting stuck in a turnstile.  Instead of just going round and round, I can ask for the courage to jump out when there is the slightest crack.  I can put my hand up and ask for help from outside the turnstile to keep it open long enough for me to get out of it.  Once I am out, I can choose to walk away or look back and notice what caused me to get stuck in the first place. It may bring up more questions.  Was it my fault I got stuck?  Was there something in the mechanism that caused it to  happen?  Was I supposed to spend some time looking at things at the entrance of the building from all angles?  Was it about me asking for help?  This may seem like overkill for getting stuck in a turnstile but if it is the 2nd, 3rd or 4th time it has happened, it might be time to inquire as to what the pattern is about.  I cannot approach this inquiry on my own because left to my own devices my mind will conjure up all the reasons why it is my fault and I should just never go through one again.  That may be the case but I need God to sit with me in the space of inquiry much like our daily meditation time and be open to what can be discovered with compassion.