dailydatewithgod

So much of how we understand our world comes from how we describe it.  Nothing has meaning until we give it meaning.  Our perception of an experience is formed from meaning and we provide a depiction of our universe based on our perception.  Our perceptions then become the filters through which we experience everything else. Imagine how our experience would change if we created different depictions.  How could we alter our perceptions if we changed the depictions in our lives? The primary way I have found to alter my perception is by paying attention to the depictions provided by others.  What depictions are we not aware of which exist for others? Our eyes and ears may want to block these unknown depictions as not real or possible but our hearts have the courage to at least take a look.  Our hearts remind us the depictions hold meaning and value for others.  How might we soften our experiences of others and their depictions by remembering their perceptions hold value for them even if not for us? What growth experiences could we have if we made room for the heart-listening of other’s depictions without judgment?  How might we widen our perceptions of life and open up our meanings by honoring the depictions of others as just as valid as our own?  Our hearts call upon us to open our horizons for the growth of love because it is our heart’s that know it will not break apart whomever or whatever limited version our head tells us we are.