dailydatewithgod

We all make use of things, ideas, people, and experiences.  Life is spent.  For all we know, when we breathe our last breath, we do not get to take any of it with us.   A life lived to the fullest means we take hold of what it is worth and use it up.  When we think about expending ourselves we do not normally think in terms of cost.  We see ourselves as separate from some equation of value.  And while we may not have a financial price or particular numerical value we all can acknowledge that there are times when we feel we are expending more or less than who we are.  The deeper question is are we expending more or less because we are not pulling from the truth of who we are?  Are we expending more or less because we are being from something other than our core?  Does the expending enhance our value or detract from it?  Looking at how we are expending ourselves gives us an insight into where we see our core center of operations.  Do we expend more from our minds, bodies, hearts, or spirit?  Do we equally draw from all the elements of ourselves to determine the level of expending we can afford?  How often do we rely solely on our own resources to determine the level of expending we can show up for?