dailydatewithgod

Woody Allen is credited with saying “Showing up is 80 % of life.”  If we aren’t present there is not much we can do.  It is the courage of our hearts that prompts us to show up. While our heads are busy giving us all the reasons why we can’t participate, our hearts can engage our emotions in moving us into action.  How often have we found ourselves doing something we told ourselves we could not or would not do and yet we are participating in it?  I have learned to notice the things I find myself objecting to participating in as well as things I am willing to participate in.  Often there is something underlying the unwillingness in our minds.  If we stop to take a look at the story we have created around what participating means, we can get an inkling of what is driving the conversation.  God encourages us to run our choices in every area of our lives through the barometers of our heart. Participation in life takes courage, it takes faith, it takes being willing to fail, and all those powers come from our heart.  When we choose participation in life from the core of who we are we find ourselves showing up in a way we never thought we could.