dailydatewithgod

So much of what we seem to be looking for as we go through our days is a reason to keep going. It is overstated that having a sense of purpose in our lives is powerful.   It sounds trite and rather confusing when it gets into the nitty-gritty of determining one’s purpose, but what if it is simple?  What if stringing together the little boosts of life that carry us from one moment to the next shows us our purpose?  We get a sense of ourselves through meaning.  Our minds are meaning-making machines.  We create meaning where in theory there is none.  Most of the time the meaning we create will fit the narrative of who we think we are.  God invites us to notice the boost we get from our hearts and how it can contribute to our sense of selves and why we are here.  What if the experience you planned to have did not work out but the exchange you had with the people involved while planning it was a boost from your heart to remind you how valuable a role you play in the lives of others by connecting with them?  Our minds will tell us we fail but our heart can provide the boost to our experience by reminding us just because it doesn’t look a certain way does not mean we have failed.  On my daily dates with God, I learned to connect with my heart through my breath. When I do not feel connected to or recognize the boost my heart is giving me all day long, all I have to do is go back to my breath.  We are by design given access to the boost we need to take one more step through our breath.  Think of how many boosts that is in one day.  Imagine how much meaning and purpose we could connect to when we acknowledge the boost provided by paying attention to our breath.  Bringing ourselves to the moment we are in shows us our purpose right now.