dailydatewithgod

Sometimes I feel like I am walking around in opposite day. Some of you may remember a game we used to play at kids where we would declare that it was opposite day. I am not sure how much thought if any there was put into it as I recall it was mostly about being contradictory in everything that we said and did. There was something fun about saying one thing and doing the complete opposite or saying and doing things you would not normally do. In the adult world, in general, a mismatch between words and actions is a lack of integrity and someone who is acting in a completely opposite manner than normal is having an off day. Integrity is a highly valued character trait in my book and I have worked intentionally to create a life as a person of integrity. Another angle on this idea, however, is from the lens of polarity. It is a known fact of physical science that we live in a world of polarity. When kids play opposite day they are experimenting in those polarities. As adults, we lose sight of the value of this kind of play. What would it be like to hold a completely opposite opinion of someone or something? What could happen if we decided to believe the opposite version of a story we create about a given person or situation in our day? Understandably, it would be uncomfortable. Only uncomfortable because we have gotten so used to our lens and our perspective that we have forgotten the complete opposite is always in existence. Instead of assuming it is wrong or bad, if we chose to play in the polarity of it, we might discover more of what it is about. God encourages us to learn and grow and play because it is the purpose of being alive. Finding creative ways to exist in the polarity of life is only confrontational to us if we have forgotten what the point of life is all about. Choosing a creative approach instead of a fearful approach to polarity will open the eyes of our minds and hearts to another side that we have left out of the full picture of life.