dailydatewithgod

The funny thing about a framework is the longer one operates within it the more one does not realize it is operating only within it.  We are very adaptable as human beings. This is to our advantage.  If we were not able to adapt we would probably no longer be alive as a species.  Evolution is all about adaptation as is growth. At the same time, we get comfortable with our particular constructs of what a world is and how we see things based on what we know. While we can adapt readily if given the choice we typically resist at least a little.  The potential unfamiliar causes us to project possible fears which activates levels of discomfort and in runs resistance to the rescue.  If you don’t believe me think back to when you were presented with an idea by someone who had a completely different frame of mind than you. Our first reaction is typically to deny the validity of his or her framework.  It takes conscious effort to choose to be open to the ideas of others.  It takes the intention of a willingness to learn and not personalize what is being presented.  Our fear stems from the belief that to accept the framework of someone else would mean we have to alter who we believe ourselves to be.  We are very wedded to our ideas about ourselves.  We go around telling people about them all the time.  How often when asked to describe yourself do you start with your age, gender, physical characteristics, political and religious affiliations, roles we embody in our work and family lives?  Our ideas about who we are providing the framework by which we perceive the world.  God invites us to step out of the framework of our mind and open ourselves up to the framework of our hearts. A willingness to see another person outside of their framework is one way to start.  We limit our capacity to embrace and grow in understanding of love in whatever way it might show up when we choose to operate only within our own mental framework.  Our hearts’ framework recognizes the other and the unknown by its existence in the same moment, this one.  The heart’s framework does not need to know what will happen next or what it all means.  The heart’s framework only intends to hold the space for as much love as possible.