dailydatewithgod

For some reason I have been around a lot more children lately.  I am absolutely stunned at the profound they way of being captured by the vitality of life in such simple ways.  I know we all have this within us.  What is it that causes us to lose our connection to the fragility of life.  It is the quickest way to access our hearts and the fastest way to stay connected to one another.  Is it because we stop allowing ourselves to feel out loud.  Granted we do not want everyone throwing pouting crying fits when they are tired but it might be more manageable than being treating others with hostility for apparently no reason.  We are know we are more fragile and affected by everything around us when we are run down. There is something of grace in just being able to be with the feeling long enough to let it work through.  Instead as adults we tell ourselves we are overreacting and chastise ourselves for being so fragile.  How might our lives have less weight to them if we gave ourselves permission to show our fragility to one another more regularly.  At least to those with whom we feel will accept it.  Maybe that is the issue, there are fewer people who feel they have someone in their lives with whom they can show their fragile nature honestly.  I am not sure what the answer is but shutting down and pushing aside our fragility is not working.  We think it is inconvenient and makes us less productive.  But we invariably shut out the impact of the downside and the upside of our fragile nature.  God encourages us to stay in alignment with our fragility and live from our heart so we do not lose sight of the connection we have to each other.