ON BEING BETTER THAN WE WANT TO BE

Long ago my mentor taught me to believe and to say daily, "I am the image of the God I adore."

Just recently I came across a writing of Fr. Richard Rohr who advises that we use the following as a  mantra: "Your image of God creates you."

I get such gifts from that visual: I am the image of the God I adore. Your image of God creates you. (Which are the same difference to me.)

When we are into our  own nefarious self-determined objectives, or playing mental pay-back, or even (actually, especially) when our self-determined objective seems pretty, unselfish, for your own good or the good of all humanity, that's when we need to stop our thoughts. Consciously stop our thoughts. Turn mentally inward and ask, "What is Your will here?" Then wait. Sit in the silence and picture roses and rainbows, butterflies and kitty cats...the image of kitty cats jumping for butterflies always makes me laugh, gets me out of myself. Closer to the image of the God I want to know...I want to show forth.

If we can keep that mantra in mind, our image of God creates us, we can be more detached from our ego's need to protect, defend, legislate for itself (us). We become aware of being God's hands and feet on this earth...His representative, and thus responsible for showing better than we want to be at any given moment.

Thank You.