dailydatewithgod

We are rarely at a loss for knowing what we are thinking about.  There is a constant chatter going on inside our heads.  Most of it is repeated and so familiar that we can go along for a while without noticing it. It usually comes to our awareness when we take a moment to quiet ourselves.  When first becoming aware of it, it can be startling.  I think it is why many people stay busy.  It seems an easier way to keep the chatter in our heads at bay. The only problem is we are still running the dialogue whether we are noticing it or not.  God invites us to notice what we are invoking by our thinking.  Not so we can judge it or make it wrong, but so we can learn to guide it instead of the other way around.  Mindfulness is a practice that requires patience and self-compassion. Noticing first what thoughts are running over and over in our heads gives us an insight into what we are unknowingly invoking.  Mindfulness is noticing what is going on.  Mindfulness is being present with what is.  Mindfulness actually requires heartfulness.  Invoking the fullness of who we are to show up with what is the essence of what it means to be alive.