It surprised me when I heard my quote of the day on a toothpaste commercial.
“Life opens up when you do.”
Outside of the dental connotation, this quote really held some meaning for me this week. For months now, I have been working hard spiritually and emotionally looking inward, learning, growing, and changing profoundly. Working, thinking, praying, reading, etc. so hard that my brain was on overload. These past two days that I have blogged about, one sunny and one rainy, seemed to be devoid of such persistence. For two days it felt like I was given a slight reprieve from such mental diligence. I read on the beach and painted peacefully. In a sense, I relaxed and opened up.
Today, the third day, I found myself asking God to help me use deference, though I had no reason as to why. Within the hour, an old email surfaced that showed me I had gravely overlooked something months ago. All of sudden clarity struck, and new seeds for growth were planted. When this happens, I usually get very excited and want to tell whomever it concerns. I did, in fact, start contemplating how to do that, when I remembered I prayed for deference today. I immediately quieted and realized these new truths were for me and just by sitting in silence and letting them take hold, I would be telling anyone who needs to know. It’s easy to state the profound changes that have taken place in me this year. I could list them like a laundry list. It’s one thing to list them, it’s quite another to live them. And that is what I must continue to do – live the changes that have made me a better person, and, in time, I will be fully morphed.
I guess “life opens up when you do”. If something has been weighing heavily on your mind and you find yourself constantly over-thinking it, let it loose for a bit. Read, do a project that engages you, etc. and give your brain a vacation. When the new info presents itself, receive it quietly. Take it in and let it take hold. This is life opening up.
And so, as another day goes by, deference is an incubator for growth, and I have written.
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