Every day is life changing…if I let it be

Every day is life changing…if I let it be. I am just coming from a Dani Johnson event titled First Steps to Success and find myself repeatedly saying my life has been changed by each of the three-day sessions. Then, as soon as the thought been considered, I question the legitimacy of such a claim. So (as usual) I dig deeper.

My conclusion? Every day is life changing…if  I let it be.

God puts me in situations for reasons and He puts people in my life for reasons. I will frequently in a very tongue-in-cheek sort of way comment, “Oh! Isn’t that random?” knowing all the while it’s a God thing. Hallway conversations, or who I sit next to in a seminar or airplane, or a friend I have not seen in years that just happens to be placed in front of me so that I may bless them or they may bless me with a thought, a story or a prayer, or the story on the news where a long lost family member “happens” to show up and “happens” to be a perfect match for a much needed organ transplant, or the small child who is plucked out of harms way by the relative who happened to have perfect timing and be at the right place at the right time. Every day is life changing…if you let it be.

Often people get buried by the weight of life and are unable to see much good. I appreciate that and have found myself there in the past but choose not to spend much time there. In my life, it becomes unbearable when I stop searching for the message. Stop seeking the positive. Life gets icky if I allow my ego to rear her ugly head in frustration that my life is so hard and how it just isn’t fair that I am the one who is suffering. In those moments, I find myself looking at people with perfect lives and resenting the hell out of them. And, believe me or don’t, I have discovered that at those times…in those moments of rage and judgement…that it is usually because my ego and my arrogance have chosen to ignore God’s earlier more subtle messages and forced Him to have to speak a little louder and carry a bigger stick to get my attention. God has messages for me. He has a purpose for me. And, when my ego and I lock arms and go skipping merrily along singing loudly so we don’t have to hear Him; He gets a little annoyed.

Enter life’s lessons stage right. Enter opportunities for me to get it right. For me to set my ego and my plans and my needs and my desires aside long enough to LISTEN and FEEL what I’m supposed to be picking up. Please allow me to encourage you to slow down and take a breath and try to hear the messages that are coming at you from countless directions. My lesson for today? That every day is life changing…if I let it be.