dailydatewithgod

In economics there is the  concept of supply and demand.  When we look at trends in products and ideas, what is in great supply is directly correlated to what is in demand at the moment.  This is because what we focus on expands.  If I am focused on an idea or an experience then I begin to see that everywhere.  It is as though our intention demands it and the universe supplies it.  This means that if I pay attention to what I am paying attention to and what intentions I am creating (i.e.–what I am demanding), then I will see what there is plenty of.  If I focus on what I am grateful for and all the blessings in my life, I see more things to be grateful for and the many blessings that I have.  If I focus on what I don’t have and all the ways my life isn’t working out the way I want, the more I see ways that my life isn’t what I want and I become more and more discontented.  When I connect with the Source of all that is and am reminded that I am part of that source, I demand to be more in that space, in that experience and am supplied with abundance, gratitude, peace, and kindness because I am focused on that connection.  My prayer for us today is that we acknowledge where we want the supply to come from–our own minds or the mind of God?  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

Life is not a sprint to the finish line, but we sometimes treat it as such.  The race of life is like a to do list that we need to check off so that we can get it all “done.”  So what happens when we are done?  If there is nothing left to do, then we don’t need to be here anymore.  There seems to be a pervading fear of death and yet a hurriedness to complete this life.  If we base our lives on the idea that we are human doings then that makes sense.  But if we truly are human beings then it is not about the to do list and the things we get done but who we are Being as we walk through life, take part, and experience the fullness of our existence.  Maybe that is why Jesus, Buddha, Moses, etc. never had a “to do” list.  They pointed out guidelines for fullness of a living experience and had recommendations on how the best way to go about it with a full heart of love, but they never spoke of “getting it done.”  My prayer for us today is that we remember that we want to make the most of this day, this moment, and be our best selves, but BE it, not DO it.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

God is whole and complete.  God lacks nothing.  Since we come from God and were created by God we are heirs to that same existence.  At our core, we are whole and complete.  We lack nothing.  There is nothing to fix, nothing to change.  So why does it seem as though we go through life completely disconnected from that experience?  I think we are here in this human experience to learn who we truly are.  We have pain and discomfort when we buy into the story of the world and our ego that we are somehow separate from God.  When we think we are separate then we experience lack, partiality, and unfinishedness.  When we think we are all there is, we find ourselves face to face with our mortality and our finiteness.  This causes us to feel ill at ease because deep down we know that it is not true.  Our core whispers to us, “You are whole.  You are complete.  You are love.  You are light.”  This is why I spend my date time with God each morning. I need to be reminded at the start of the day and all throughout my day when worldly clamours get in the way of my connection to who I truly am.  When I am lost in my thinking and focus more on what I am doing than who I am being, it is equally hard to feel connected to Source.  My prayer for us today is that we be willing to pause and connect in whatever way possible-through a breath, focusing on nature, looking at where our feet are, smiling, etc.-so that we can be filled by the Spirit of God and remember who we are.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

Everything that I align myself with, I share in communion.  The things that I take in, digest, and allow to become a part of me are the feast of my life.  The question is not, what am I consuming?  The question is, am I consciously consuming?  So much of what we take in ,we do so unconsciously.  It is only when there is a disruption in the process of consummation or it becomes too painful to continue to be in communion with that person, idea, experience that we look to change it.  Often we then experience it as a problem.  What if we were to adjust that idea and instead of having problems, we have wake-up calls.  We have opportunities to grow and consciously decide what we want to be in communion with instead of just taking it all in.  What if we can choose to consume, make a part of our whole being, only that which serves our highest good?  My prayer for us today is that we be willing to step into conscious communion with all the elements, big and small, in our day and choose that which works towards our highest good.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

When we look at cells and how they function we see that they behave in relation to one another.  They create community.  They interact and respond to one another.  In fact these entities of which we are made serve as a model of how to be in the world.  When it comes down to it, we are a walking community of cells.  Our interconnectedness, our relation to one another, is by design right down to the very essentials that make up our basic physical matter.  It is not a matter of independence versus dependence it is about interdependence.  It is about flowing with life and recognizing that we need one another to live fully.  Others do not verify or justify our existence but they enhance it and encourage the fruition of our existence.  We are meant to connect and relate to one another because others mirror back to us how we are connected and disconnected from the Source of all creation.  If I am feeling disconnected or judged by another, it is simply a mirror of my own disconnection from who I truly am and judgment of my situation or feeling.  This is why other people are our gifts.  They allow us to see within ourselves that which cannot see on our own.  Through learning in our relationships, by feeling and reacting to what happens when we connect to each other, we allow ourselves to grow deeper and closer to who we are and who we all are.  I know that it can just be easier to make it about the other person but unless we go inside that other person we cannot truly know what is going on with them.  Therefore, all our ideas or assumptions as to why they are doing and being the way they are is not about them, it is about what energetically comes up for us. We can continue to play the role of a victim and push people away.  Or we can recognize that we have the energy about the situation or experience and ask God to show us where we might draw closer in our hearts and mend the tears at our hearts and souls that is causing us to be less than who we are fully.  My prayer for us today is that we have the courage to thank whomever we relate to in goodness and in strife because they ultimately contribute to us becoming the best version of ourselves.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

I have always admired musicians.  I love music and while I can dance to it like there is no tomorrow, however, playing an instrument has never been one of my talents.  Part of what is so beautiful about music is its ability to transcend words.  Most music has words but the rhythms and the movements have a way of transcending even if there are words. They ease the expression.  They create a level of fluency and we are influenced by the sound waves.  I learned  recently that the part of our brain that is linked to our auditory function is shown to be very open to rewiring.  In fact, there is a lot being done with music therapy for stroke patients and those who have suffered brain injuries. Maybe that is why tone of voice accounts for 38% of what gets conveyed in our communication (with 55% from body language and 7% from words).  So when we are communicating with others and ourselves, what is our tone?  With what kind of ease do we imagine ourselves hearing in our own minds?  This is often how I am able to distinguish what may or may not be my intuition or God or my record playing mind.  If it comes across in ridiculing or judgmental tone, I can be assured that is probably some old programming.  If it is soft and almost with a whisper like quality that gives me a sense of peace, then it is most likely God.  The fluency through which God speaks goes beyond words, but has a music of its own. My prayer for us today is that we be open to paying attention to tone of the voice that we hear inside our heads (like the one that is questioning what you are reading right now).  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

As an experiment I declared February a month of self-love. The intention was to ultimately create or open myself up more to the love that I believe God has placed within my heart and let go of that which blocks that from expression.  For me this shows up in self-criticism, self-doubt, self-judgment, and belief in my stories that I did something wrong, that I am not enough, and don’t get too excited because this will not last.  Wow–so glad I exposed that to you all.  Maybe some of you can relate.  I learned many years ago that one way to look at intimacy is by recognizing it as “into me I see.”  So by stepping into a space of self-love, I embark on a journey of getting to know me at a deeper level, connecting with God within me at a deeper level.  But there is a long staircase down through the chambers of my heart where the stories reside and the well-worn grooves are patterned around my heart.  I literally walked right into a lot of loudness in my head and fear that I was being egotistical and selfish and who am I to love me.  The self-judgment and self-criticism seems to have ramped up and the self-doubt and looking for the something that is wrong got bigger.  I am grateful that I have learned not to be daunted by the blocks that show up.  Instead, because I am rooted and close to God, I can see those blocks as the fear and resistance–the boogeymen, if you like, of my ego that wants to keep me separate from you, from love, and from a fuller life experience.  I have chosen to welcome it in and listen to what it has to say and treat it with the same love that I called upon God for when I embarked on this month’s intention.  So, on this day of LOVE, for me the most loving thing I can do is stand in the space of recognition that I am love as much as any other creation on this planet and I can share what I have, no more, no less, with all those around me.  Today I choose to see whatever happens as a message of love, even if it comes in a seemingly non-loving package.  My prayer for us today is that we have the courage to draw closer to love in whatever shape or form it shows up and ask God for the courage to see as LOVE, to be LOVE no matter what our initial reaction might be.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

One of my mottos, historically, has been like a commercial I saw once that said, “Life’s messy, clean it up!”  Somewhere along the way I created this expectation that things were not supposed to be messy.  Perhaps it is the perfectionism in me, perhaps the meaning I make of messiness, but either way the expectation is unreal.   It is all, of course, what I make it mean.  Keep in mind I do not live in a spotless apartment or have one of those desks you could eat off of, but I am no Linus either. The messiness of life is not simply literal, however.  I have come to see that the willingness to accept the messiness of life is about being in the juicieness of life, accepting things as they are imperfectly perfect. This means my life, not just my physical surroundings. Our thinking about our surroundings is a reflection of our thinking about ourselves.  How often have we discarded ourselves for our imperfections or “messiness”?  Too many times to count for me.  When I turn to God, God smiles.  God does not see messiness or imperfections, God sees living and room for growth. Today is one of those days when I need God’s eyes. My prayer for us today is that we be open to seeing the beauty of our messiness and embracing it fully for the perfect imperfections that lie within and outside of ourselves.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

I love when things just work out.  Life seems to have a flow and I feel a part of it.  Things come together seamlessly and there isn’t a sense of rush or pressure.  I am complete peace with Kairos (Chiros), a greek term that refers to God’s time.  It is in those times that I don’t begrudge waiting or have an impatience about how things are or are not turning out.  I then have to ask myself, am I trusting less in God’s time when it doesn’t match my time?  Aha!  This is the key.  When things are not happening in my time, when I am in a period of waiting, I sometimes forget that God is still in charge.  I lose sight of the fact that the time of waiting is just as much a part of the journey as the end result.  I suppose it is human conditioning but even after all these years of practice in patience, I seem to have to relearn the lesson.  Gratefully, God does not think less of me but utilizes it as an opportunity to remind me that I need God, I need God’s perspective and, I need to connect to the heart and rhythm of my being.  My prayer for us today is that if we find ourselves waiting that we remember who is waiting right there with us, by our side, with no place else to be.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

If we are human beings then our growth will happen in our times and experiences of being, not doing.  I did not get this message.  The message I got was that I had to justify my existence by what I accomplish.  In fact, if I could not prove my productiveness then I was worth very little.  This resulted in pressure to get good grades, be a good employee, follow directions of my elders and people in authority.  Don’t get me wrong these are all good things, but it was my motivation and my mindset that I now realize let me to a place of emptiness.  If I measure my worth by my doing then I miss out on the being part.  It is in who I am being while I am doing that I need to pay close attention to.  It is in who I am being despite what I am doing that I need to be in alignment with God on. The end results do not justify the means if who I am being goes contrary to who I am at my core.  I need to connect with a power greater than me consistently so that I can be reminded of who I am and who I want to be and the best I can be.  My prayer for us today is that we take a close look at who we are being when we are doing to see if it is in alignment with our true selves.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen