dailydatewithgod

It is a difficult thing for us to grasp how little of the full picture we really are grappling with.  The reality is we are most of the time dealing with a sliver of information in the chunk of information available.  It is in large part because our system would explode if we were to grasp it all. It also lends itself to the creation of interdependence and a sense of greater awe of life.  We can muddle about complaining about the slivers we are given wishing we had more or we can make use of the ones we have.  God encourages us to engage with the slivers we have access to, seek out others, learn what they are showing us about our perceptions of life and discern which ones are the most relevant to how we are called to show up in the world.  The beauty of the slivers of our awareness is in what may be their uniqueness to a particular experience.  Sharing those with others while making room for others to share their slivers with us widens our perspective. The opportunity to widen our slivers of perspective is what allows us to breathe in more vision and grow in appreciation and curiosity of how others see things differently than us.  The slivers of others may contain more colors, shapes, and shades then we even knew were possible.  Instead of being frustrated with how others can have a limited perspective, we can remember we are all operating from slivers of the whole picture and be curious about how their sliver formed their ideas.  We can open ourselves up to acknowledging that the slivers of our minds are different than the slivers of our hearts and spirits and find a way to allow them to work together so we do not have to be at war with ourselves.