dailydatewithgod

As independent as we all think we are the very idea is suspect.  There are so many things and people that help us through any given day it would be hard to measure. We need the bolsters in our lives.  It is why they are there.  We are designed to be in relationship with one another, even the people we perceive as in our way.  We all make a contribution to one another either negatively or positively thus shaping our next move.  The difference lies in responding versus reacting.  When we go with our first thought which is based on survival we do not see all of our options.  We need the bolsters in our heart to shift from reacting to responding.  When we use the bolster of our breath to get some fresh oxygen in our bodies plus a pause to create a space between action and reaction.  If our heart was not initiating our system to take in fresh oxygen numerous times each day, we would die.  Aside from the mechanical nature of this automatic system, it awakens the inner dimensions of our being housed in our hearts.  These are the bolsters that prompt us in the willingness to be vulnerable enough to reach out to others and to God.  We are not always able to find the needed resources to respond to life on our own.  It is easier (actually it just takes less brain power and energy because it is automatic) to react. It can be automatic if we use the faculties available in our system prompting us to pause. The pause allows us to garner the bolsters needed to determine a response.   A response that may initially require more energy from our hearts and mind but less clean up afterward.  It is humbling to realize we do not have all we need easily at our disposal to respond in a way that lines up with our hearts all the time. However, the capacity and the choice to respond is within us.  We can also choose to seek out the bolsters needed and choose what to do with what they offer.