dailydatewithgod

We like to think that what we see is what we get.  It is often considered a compliment to be someone with whom what you see is what you get.  Maybe its the New Yorker in me but I have a great appreciation for people who are straightforward and get to the point.  It is certainly integrity when we are accountable with our word and powerful when we put action behind our words.  Even so, there are things that hold parts of ourselves back that we do not even realize.  The most aware person is always capable of not knowing all of what is behind who they are being at any given moment.  Life is full of variables.  The best we can be is measured in the moments of our lives. I think of it as life’s way of encouraging us to be in the flow.  Trees grow in a particular fashion and we can count on that yet each tree has something unique about it. The same goes for every human being and every situation. Going into any encounter whether with another person, ourselves, or a situation only inhibits our being present for the unknown to unfold and maybe surprise us. Our brains are wired for survival so the more we can count on what we know, the less power has to be used to be present and incorporate new information.  This is extremely efficient and most necessary.  Our hearts are the ones that encourage us along with what we know to let go of our inhibitions that come from our known and allow for the unknown to invite us to grow.  The universe is expanding, at least according to science.  If we are part of this universe, wouldn’t it make sense for us to also be expanding?  Just as scientist do not let their current knowledge inhibit what they might discover, we have the courage and aliveness in our own hearts that invites us to move through our inhibitions and discovering new elements of ourselves and all of life.  God invites us to lay aside anything that inhibits us from living the design of our hearts.