Blinding flash of the obvious: We are each caught in our own maelstrom, i.e., life...we each must find our Divine center from which to be guided.
Making changes. Some time ago, I felt the need to make a change in my life...just that. I did not resist, I did wait for clearer guidance.
Out of the blue, I found myself being moved to make what seemed to be minor...a change in my getting up routine, and I have been well-satisfied with my getting up routine. However, I have found that routine, set back when I had a career with my schedule set by others, no longer fits...it hinders rather than enhances, my spiritual director's long-ago warning.
So I have been allowing myself to be guided...either get up on awakening as I have for nearly 50 years, or lie abed, dozing on and off.
One direction that has come to me I suspect was God's original goal for my making a change...it has proved to be of primary importance: When making changes, we must have in mind a spiritually determined goal or outcome.
With my "getting up" in particular, to have no higher goal within was to wallow in self...with no thought other than "sleep" or "laze," attack thoughts come unbidden.
So, when I decide to stay abed, I have a pre-determined spiritual goal in mind on which to concentrate my thoughts. Just lying in or "oversleeping" becomes self-centered fear in disguise...and some poor soul's inventory is about to get scorched.
Turns out that having a pre-determined spiritual goal in mind is good daily practice, too. We find we need to remind our self of our goal on occasion to get it set in mind...what better way to pray without ceasing?
Change...maybe there is no such thing as "a" change. Make one and others invariably follow...mayhap one of those following was God's chosen one.
Thank you.
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