WINDOWS OF MY SOUL...P1

"The problem is not entirely in finding the room of one's own, the time alone, difficult and necessary as that is. The problem is more how to still the soul in the midst of its activities."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The pursuit of self is what most of us have been trying to do all our lives, trying to figure out what are we here for and the reason for our existence. We've tried walking down various roads, but regardless how invigorating the walk, it doesn't lead beyond the neighbourhood of who we are. And honestly, most of us have grown a little tired of the neighborhood and all the back-and-forth trips we've taken. Somehow we long for something more than a routine walk around the religious block.

I, for one, long for the companionship of God. I long for the assurance that I am not taking this journey alone. That He is walking with me and talking with me and intimately involved in my life.

In a book i've been reading, it describes moments of such intimacy as: moments when God has touched our lives like a soft hand of morning sun reaching through our bedroom window, brushing over our eyes, and waking us to something eternal.

At the end of the day, it is at some of these windows of opportunities, what we see offers simply a moment of insight, making us slower to judge and quicker to show understanding. Maybe its time for us to set aside time, just to live life a little slower and learn to appreciate and embrace what we have right now. Take time to smell the flowers as you walk down the streets of your neighborhood in pursuit for self. You might actualy learn something.

Cheryl