dailydatewithgod

Often the hardest thing is the space between thinking and action.  There is a feeling of immobility stemming from fear based on our thinking.  It is an interesting mechanism by which we find ourselves unable to move from the experience of thought to the experience of motion because of our thinking.  Our thinking about a past motion, thinking about potential outcomes and, thinking about others’ thinking are all forms of keeping us from actual movement. The action is the action.  In and of itself it has no perspective.  In other words, we are not so much afraid of the actual action or its outcome qs we are afraid of what we or potentially others will think about it.  Anyone who moves into action will know the experience regardless of what they may or may have not thought about it beforehand.  Nothing short of taking the actual action is the only thing that enables us to know in a real sense what happens.  Actions are the overtures of life.  Living is an active thing.  Living is something in motion. Living is energy that is alive and taking shape as it is happening. If we want to be introduced into our lives we need to take the overtures embodied the actions which comprise them.  We are not judged by our thinking, we are judged by our actions.  Thinking amounts to nothing until it becomes action.  Unfortunately, some of us have spent so much time fearing the power of our own thinking we think ourselves out of action.  In recovery, I learned action is what matters because I will have lots of thoughts and spend lots of time thinking and potentially nothing could come of it.  The overtures allow us to see what we are really made outside of who we think we are.  I can look back at my life thus far and recognize that it is the overtures in my life which tell me more about what I am capable of despite what I think about my capability.