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Love Nudge: Conversations
if I were able to define the perfect conversation I would use a sea analogy. Great conversations mirror the ebb and flow of the sea. Volumes of meaningful or interesting material flows outward and when it returns it carries no forms of the same. The process continues without interruption while covering a great anount of space and an an assortment of matter.
Conservations should not be boring or a strain for either side. If one side dominates or consumes the majority of the time with their personal details, or if they are like me and perfect the arts of deference or deflection, then it is contradicts the early example of a personal conservation. Those exchanges filled with mis-truths or mis-givings are equally unproductive as neither party can feel enriched or empowered.
Frankly, you should leave a conversation feeling empowered or enriched by the information that was received and equally given. To borrow from a popular phrase, “you should get you monies worth.” What you gave and received must be balanced in ordered to feel value for the time invested.
And this great tool requires time, transparency, and temperance. Each attribute must be weighed or considered for the appropriate amount. The greatest consideration involves recognize the value of this tool and the level of mastery required to affect its un-measurable power. Conservations as with the sea hold an unmeasurable and mysterous power that we must respect in order to benefit from the greatest available to all.
Love Nudge: Next Chapter
The easiest way to become distracted from your purpose is to allow someone else to define you and what you are supposed to do. God is the only author of your story, which means two very important facts. Your story was perfectly scripted. Even when we feel distracted or off-track, it only takes enduring to the next chapter to learn how God will use our mistakes for purpose.
We must, however, find comfort that God has already written the way. Complacency is not a friendly companion. Further we too must guard against the voices of human opinion. Everyone seems to have one. It can be nearly tragic when we hear the wrong opinion of ourselves over and again. In the midst of the darkness cast over by others destructive labels there will appear the light that leads to freedom from judgement.
What makes this life so much easier is just that – keep living. Every moment is an opportunity to turned the page until a new chapter is reached. Keep pushing until the voices of despair are far beyond comprehension. Keep moving until what is heard and experienced feels so purposed that it is clear you were written with glorious intention.
Love Nudge: Ego
What can be accomplished without God? This should not be a rhetorical question. The wise know that nothing is accomplished with mere human effort or ingenuity.
Certainly greatness has been dreamed through the human mind and those dreams achieved through human hands. But what is a mind, heart or hand apart from God? Credit must be given to the source of all creation.
Celebrations are warranted for notable attainment, especially when the effort improves human life. Such is also the case when a group bands together as one to persevere against a common threat. Yet, neither noble effort provide just cause to forget that God is ever present.
It is through God that we are able to or be anything Great.
Love Nudge: Not Too Fast
Everything seems pressing. We must have success now. We must be happy right now. We must feel loved and appreciated from moment we hear hello.
So, whatever happened to taking time to develop success, happiness, or love? Is it a thing of the past to value the process or journey to the best destinations in life?
Even during the most difficult of circumstances there are valuable opportunities – to learn and to grow and to get stronger. Yet, the temptation is to rush through the gauntlet of life in order to finish the treacherous race or get to celebration. All the while never realizing that every obstacle is serves as an opportunity to graduate on to advanced courses. And each level begs a moment of appreciation, celebration even as the challenge was intended to be difficult, yet it was conquered.
It is true that some races or tasks are designed to exposed the swift. However, that is not the case with life, career, relationships, or maturity. The greater the goal the longer we should pause between each ascention to reflect on what just happened – for the purpose of celebration and to prepare for the next level.
In those moments when trouble beseachs over an extended wait. Take advantage of the pregnant pause to acknowledge the obvious achievements and plan out the best course of action for the future. Sometimes God’ speed is much slower than the desired pace. And God moves – when God moves.
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