The idea of working within our limitations flies in the face of every self-improvement, the voice of mastery, go-getter or, and anything slated towards growing and expanding. But until we are aware of our limitations we do not fully grasp where we actually are. It gets more soundbite play to talk about blowing past the limitations set by ourselves and others. How many of us have launched ourselves in that direction only to be slapped back down. Get the smackdown hurts sometimes literally and always figuratively but often it is only when we get knocked back into our limitations are we willing to face them. Operating in reality is not playing small. In contrast, we do not know how far we have come until we know where we are starting. I don’t know about you but if I do not know where I started from, along the road when it gets tough I lose all sense of where I am on the path. I begin to judge myself and my situation by outside arbitrary ideas of how it is supposed to be. If I am familiar with the limitations I am working from when I embark on my path I have evidence to combat the loud noise in my head that says what I am doing is not enough. And that voice is always there are ready to point out how what I am doing or who I am is not enough. I have yet to find anyone who is not familiar with that perspective. God invites us to use the limitations we are within to lay the groundwork for growth. In the simplest way if I recognize that on this day my heart is closed off I can celebrate when I smile at someone even if I don’t feel like it. On another day that simple action may not be enough. But on this day it is exactly what I need to see that I moved from the limitation of a permanent frown on my face to a change in muscle structure. Our limitations give us the gift of perspective. When we engage our hearts as the lens through which to see our limitations, we are less likely to give as much credence to our mind which is so ready to compare us to someone else who appears to be operating as enough. The irony of course is their mind is telling them the same thing. When we pause and take a breath, tap in our hearts and take stock of the limitation we are in at the moment, we can connect to the best way to either accept or choose to move forward.
Are we open to looking at our limitations through the creative perspective of our hearts today?
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