NOTHING IS PERSONAL...GIVE UP THE FIGHT

Some friends and I were talking, and the question was posed: What in your recent life has changed you the most? Then, have you kept that change current? How?

With that in mind, I do believe that my deepest change came when I took the leap of faith of trusting that God's hand is in it, in it for my own benefit, whenever I'm going through something less than wonderful, the old sixes and sevens.

My sixes and sevens situations are almost always personal and on parade in minor disagreements. That word "personal" is the clue..."Detour! There's a muddy road ahead...detour!"

My great inner change came when I became willing to give up the ego-need to “stand up for myself,” also known as "take my own part." My new goal became to go for a win/win not an I win/you lose.  I now want to be willing to give over to the other first, to make the first move. I succeed more often than not, but I'm a far cry from...where I want to be.

Keeping it current, I still must make a conscious choice almost every time I run into an ego-block. I must remind me "and here, too, God's hand is in it." Sometimes it feels like I'm arm-wrestling with God before I get a hold on my ego Lucy. Lucy stands guard so efficiently that neither my reasoning mind nor God get first thought. However, thanks to the grace of God and a little help from my friends, I have learned to restrain my tongue today. 

I'm guessing that peace, and keeping it, boils down to there is nothing personal in a God-conscious world.  Give up the fight and follow Me.

Thank you.