dailydatewithgod

As we become aware of the internal parameters of our being, we open up to how we can be the cause in our lives.  The internal aptitude awakens an apparatus moving us from victim to victor. We like to think we are at the effect of the things happening outside of us.  The truth is nothing outside of us can incite our reaction unless we let it.  We assign meaning.  We create the story.  Life happens.  It does not carry the breadth and depth of influence we give it.  Life is not out to get us, but if our internal interpretation of an inciting experience is about guarding ourselves against predators we will see it that way.  Inciting is about waking up to ourselves and our automatic reactions.  The inciting we experience is the spurring of who we are being in the moment.  If we take the incite as an encouragement to pay attention to our default way of thinking and being it can provide the opportunity we need to engage with the life we want to be in.  Inciting is about moving into action instead of reaction.  It is one of those terms that has been allotted more negativity than it actually embodies.  God invites us to use the incite prompted by the elements of our lives as a chance to get to know ourselves deeper.  It is the incite which can prompt a strong reaction and give us cause to learn what we are holding on to about who we think we are, what the world is, and what it all means.  When we step outside of what our mind is telling us about the meaning of the inciting experience we are having, we can open up our hearts to take a look with curiosity at how the stimulating happenstance tells us something about ourselves.  From there we can determine if it is true or false for us today. Our hearts will be stirred and they can provide the trajectory through which to transform an incite into insight.