It is that teensy-tiny space between seeing and interpreting that needs be upgraded...or surrendered, more like.
If we would practice the art of un-thinking...or not judging?...we wouldn't get stuck trying to change our mind...which we long ago accepted as not possible to us personally.
Turns out, changing our mind is just another God job...our job is to let go of it so God can do his job which starts out as just so many words...who's kidding whom? We need a whole lotta willingness (a.k.a., desperation), help from our friends, and practice, practice, practice to get the first clue how to just let go and let God. Reminds me of the old slogan about drugs...Just Say No. Uh-huh...'nuf said.
But just say no is the first step toward becoming willing, willing to feel that desperation that we fear.which holds the key...who doesn't hide from the feeling of desperation as long as humanly possible? But there it is, the golden key to God's hidey-hole. I personally do not believe that our reasoning mind would and will ever get there all on its own.
Even after hitting desperation, surrendering, and finding our feet on the path toward spiritual growth, we come again and again to the edge of despair. It is our spiritual need that moves us toward, not away from, that despair...feel the fear and do it anyway, we learn. And there it is...the definition of courage, according to me.
Courage is surrender, trust and faith all together as one.,,surrender of our own idea of the needed outcome, trust that what we have already experienced is still good to go, and faith...knowing by showing that God's will is preferable to our will.
Thy will, not mine, be done.
Thank you.
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