dailydatewithgod

If we are not aware we are not aware. It may seem like a highly simplistic statement but it is reminder of how much we assume about awareness.  We think that if others recognized what is happening, what they are doing, or how they are behaving, they would make changes.  This implies a level of recognition that is not present.  All of us at any given moment in time are not able to be in full recognition of our experience.  If we were, our heads would explode.  There are so many things happening on so many different levels and our brains and bodies work in collaboration to keep at the forefront the recognition of what will insure our survival.  We take for granted that because we are able to recognize something, others recognize it too.  This is where many conflict arise.  We take it personally that someone cannot see it from our perspective or be aware of the same things of which we are aware.  Maybe it is not the time or the place for anyone but us to have recognition.  Maybe there is nothing wrong with someone else having an awareness we do not have.  Maybe we are meant to be in relationship so we can provide the fullest recognition of the experience possible.  Maybe our hearts are what drive us to connect with others because they know to support the survival being worked on by our mind and body needs to connect with a fuller awareness of reality in order to really survive.  God invites us to expand our recognition of life in the moment we are in by engaging our heart.  Our heart prompts us to pause and take a breath.  Our heart uses the need for new oxygen as a window to deepen our recognition of the presence of life in ways we might not see through our eyes.