Some years ago I heard an elderly man say that the most
spiritual thing one is ever going to do in life is to slow down.
I, of course, knew better than that and considered it no
further.
Yet, the thought was always there, popping up when I least
expected or wanted it…usually when I was thinking my hardest on yet another
guru’s deeply spiritual saying that was clearly out of my realm of
experience.
Then one day, a blinding flash of the obvious: whatever
I am chasing, racing after, totally focused on, is my God at that moment.
That came to me the day I was running late for an
appointment, getting nothing but red lights, cursing, feeling anger at
everybody in front of me, sorry for poor, pitiful, put-upon me. I
suddenly realized that a green light was my God right then…that my peace of
mind, my answered prayer, my God existed solely in a green light that
would allow me to get to an appointment that I hadn’t cared enough about to
leave on time for in the first place. What a cheap God I had!
I’m usually early for my appointments today…getting just as
many red lights as I ever did, but since my God doesn’t live in traffic lights
anymore, I can drive at peace, getting out of the way of those who are still
chasing their God of the green light.
Thank you.
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