dailydatewithgod

It is not until we step into action that we can fully know which things challenge us. Sure there are challenging ideas and we can know or sense something that may be difficult but we do not actually know until we attempt it. When the ideas are put into action we need to step into them with our full being.  We are involved as a body, mind, and soul.  Our whole nervous system is on board, or at least we determine how much of our whole system is involved. There are times when we take action on something we think will be easy or familiar only to discover there is internal resistance.  Part of who we are on some level finds whatever we are involved in as challenging. When we notice the resistance we may back down and not even realize it is happening.  We get distracted, we are not willing to schedule the time needed to make sure it is completed, we feel sleepy, or we forget altogether.  We manage to take the energy needed to face whatever it is within us that is asking us to pay attention by leaning on outside circumstances to create excuses.  This is not because we are weak people or defiant, or cowardly. It is because we have yet to discover the truth of who we are at our core.  We have the courage within us to face whatever it is.  We just get surprised by what fear or resistance looks like because we imagine it to make sense all the time.  We compare ourselves to others and think we need to justify what is coming up for us.  God invites us to notice what kinds of challenges are calling on the creativity and courage of our hearts to show up to our lives.  It does not matter that it is the same or different for others.  It is about the process, not the content.  When we notice others showing up courageously in their lives, we can trust that we have that same capacity (process) within ourselves.