dailydatewithgod

The journey of life seems to be one of learning and growth. We all know the destination and on some level, it appears futile to grow since, in the end, we can’t bring anything with us. From a pragmatic perspective, one wonders what the point is.  Why bother growing if all that is going to happen is it is going to come to an end?  Why bother expanding our realm of perspective or learning from the situations we find ourselves in?  As far as I can tell aside from an inner drive to grow and learn, it is about having the opportunity to make the most of life.  Before I got into recovery I spent so much energy trying to control my life and keep myself safe.  It was an overreaction to the chaos I was exposed to and unbelievably unsafe circumstances.  We all have the bubble or reality which bursts the realm of understanding with which we come into the world. Some bursts are bigger than others but we all have them.  They could be seen as cruel.  They could be seen as not needing to be bursts at all.  Why not just a little prick or pop? Then again, maybe it was a prick or pop but it felt like a burst. I think of the bubbles we used to blow from bottles of soap when we were kids. The bubbles burst seemingly so easy after such steady breath to make it as big as possible.  However we experience this awakening to the realm we have constructed, the burst becomes the element that wakes up our heart.  It awakens the heart, perhaps closed off due to protective thinking and behaving.  The awakening then calls upon us to give the heart equal resonance and power in our lives as the minds which created the realm of understanding we have. The breath has been steadily calling on us to pay closer attention to our hearts but our minds did not leave room in their realm except perhaps for functional purposes.  The burst begins to feel more like a steady heartbeat as we allow the realm of power to flow equally between our hearts and minds.  It is in the space of communication that the spirit of life dwells and connects our realm to those of others.