dailydatewithgod

When we distance ourselves from our expectations we are able to assess things the way they are.  It is learning to live life on life’s terms.  God encourages us to be in the actuality of our experience because it is being in the now. It is the now where God meets us. It is about embracing the gifts of the moment which sometimes look like gifts and sometimes look like trash.  Only when we assess and accept the actuality of what is happening can we determine what requires a change.  It is God inviting us into a life of self-honesty.    The actuality of our thoughts, our feelings, our perceptions, and our actions are what make us who we are in the moment we are in.  Letting go of the judgment about it and simply accepting what actually is makes room for us to breathe through it.  Then we can invite God in to share how God sees our actuality.  When we tune into the actual rhythm of our heart within an experience we get a window into how we are interpreting the moment we are in.  If we are busy in our heads about how it is supposed to be and how it is not what we had imagined, we lose the opportunity and the gift of the actual moment.  I know for me that the opportunity and the openness to change only happens when I first accept the actuality of what is happening.  If I am consumed by the stories in my head of expectation and wishful thinking, I cannot hear the rhythms of my heart.  I do not sense attunement with God or have the capacity to shift from the fantasy in my head when I am void of actuality.  Returning to my breath, linking with the hand of God, and seeing what is actually in front of me is where change begins.