dailydatewithgod

There are people we call friends, others associates, and then there are the people we randomly come in contact with in everyday life.  All these people and our family are our companions on this road of life.  We are in each other’s lives for a reason.  Sometimes we know why and understand the role we seem to play in each other’s lives but not always. I wise woman once said to me, some people come into our lives for a reason, some for a season, and some for seasoning.  All of these various companions are here to teach about what it means to connect and they provide an opportunity to look at ourselves.  We get to explore what it means to be in a relationship with another and what we are here to give and receive.  Rarely do we pay attention to the companions we allow the closest, the thoughts and feelings within us.  We often see ourselves as having no choice.  Sometimes we look for ways to drown them out or pretend they are there.  We think by making them wrong, the experience of having the thought and feeling companions will make them disappear, but it doesn’t’ work that way. We make jokes about people who talk to themselves.  I am more concerned about what I am allowing to talk to me inside my own head.  When I think of the thought companions I keep inside myself, I realize I would never consider them a friend.  The ones I allow to spring up from my heart are the kindest companions.  The ones God shows me to draw close to are friends to my soul.  God reminds us when we take the time to quiet ourselves, we are not at the mercy of these inner companions.  We can always choose to step back and observe and choose the level of closeness we want with them.