dailydatewithgod

I have always seen myself as a lifelong learner. When I embarked on a career in education, it was in part because I figured I would always be a place that valued learning. I did not realize how much there would always be to learn. The journey of recovery has opened up a whole other avenue of learning.  The discoveries of the world are amazing but it is the discovery of the world within me that God has invited me to on our daily dates. I have slowly come to understand that it is what is within me that navigates my movement in the world. The discovery of how it all operates is a daily path.  There is knowledge I gain about myself in general from outside sources in terms of what it means to be a human animal.  It provides tremendous insight.  I can take it into my mind, integrate it with what I know currently, and make use of it or not.  Sometimes it moves me to make different choices resulting in different actions. Those different actions in turn create more avenues of learning.  It becomes an ongoing cycle. When I bring my heart into the learning process there is a deeper layer of discovery of who I am which lays outside the purview of my mind.  Sometimes when the learning reaches my heart it feels like a piercing or a breaking open.  I know the learning has become an avenue of deep discovery when I feel it resonate from my heart through my whole system.  The shift created from this kind of discovery redefines my sense of being in the world. I sometimes wish certain things I learn would connect with me but they don’t.  Developing a trust of my inner heart’s navigation process of discovery is a life long path.