dailydatewithgod

When we want to approach our lives from the truth of who we are we have to know how to access our foundation.  Otherwise, we are likely to be swayed by outside forces and wax and wain so as not to be who we are called to be.  Our linchpin needs to be an open flowing connection so when we feel tossed about we know how to get grounded.  Understanding our linchpin comes from being in a relationship with ourselves.  Through our interaction with others, we grow by moving from our linchpin as we choose how to interact.  We learn more about who we truly are through our interactions but they do not define us.  It takes a lifetime to get to know our linchpin. The experiences of our lives invoke us to discover our truth.  We are impacted by each other and can use that to grow in love if we so choose. Or we can opt to see life as burdensome and ourselves as an effect of it.   Strengthening my relationship with my linchpin has become more fluid in the time I have been on my daily dates with God.  The daily practice of prayer and meditation, a time when I am committed to myself and my creator, sets the tone for me to operate from a linchpin of love as I go through my day.  It does not mean I am no longer human and do not get affected by the world.  It means I remember when I do get tossed by life I know how to return to the linchpin which is the truth of who I am and all that is.  Sometimes depending on the circumstances, it takes longer than others but I know if I bring notice to my breath and engage my heart I am already halfway.