dailydatewithgod

So much of the acknowledgment and acclamation we receive from others comes from our doing. It is our action that is measured as valuable and rightly so.  It is motivating and inspiring to both receive and give credit.  There is nothing wrong with deriving a sense of pride from how we operate in the world.  What happens in the in-between spaces?  What about the times we do not act in ways that are a credit to who we are?  We all have experiences where we fall short of our best.  It is normal in the fluctuation of life to get credit for what we do accomplish and what we don’t.  We look down upon those who fall short and credit them with a negative impact.  The irony, of course, is the judgment we place both on giving credit whether good or bad does nothing to enhance the understanding of the experience.  Hitler is credited with acting in a heinous nature and it does nothing to change that millions of lives were lost as a result of his actions.  The reason we give credit is somehow to calm our mind that is searching for a reason.   If we can blame someone for something bad we think it explains why and erases any darkness or capacity for bad we know exists within us. There is nothing that can explain the Holocaust.  The reality is within each of us is the potential for good and evil.  We are measured by which inclinations we act upon. It all makes sense in our minds.  Our hearts provide a different and somewhat more challenging lens on giving and receiving credit.  According to the mind of our hearts, the credit lies in our being. When who we are being is an extension of the truth of our hearts it matches up with what the mind sees as credit worth having. When who we believe we are in the resonance of our hearts is anything less than the truth God has embodied us with we find ourselves living a life for which we either don’t want credit because it is shameful or taking credit for things which have brought darkness.  The direction we must travel to find the truth of who we are in the journey of the heart past the ideas of our minds into the breath and light of life.  We need the courage in our hearts to carry us through and the conviction of mind to not give up. What kind of credit we or others attribute to ourselves will come down to the resonance of our hearts and the courage to live from the place of the truth of our being.