Space.
There's a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.
Ephesians 3,
1.
Open space,
The present moment.
What is it all for?
Sitting in the open space lately has really brought me to clarity and confidence in who I want to be led by.
To some it may seem very off to step out for your own happiness.
My parents always taught me that we do things for others first.
In doing this for very many years,
I had noticed that a great deal of my happiness came from making others happy.
I'm not saying it's wrong to do for others.
That's not at all what I'm saying.
What I am saying is that I forgot about me in the process by doing what I thought would make the other in the situation happier,
Even if I felt I was sacrificing,
Quote unquote.
Once I fully noticed what I was doing,
It left me feeling empty and quite honest,
Lost in who I truly was.
A course in miracles teaches us to always be very authentic and to not hide or protect anything.
That the ego plays out people pleasing to show us how important it is to listen to and follow guidance from our source.
That when we are truly following the highest good,
We can only be who we are in Jesus.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
Joy,
Peace,
Forbearance,
Kindness,
Goodness,
Faithfulness,
Gentleness,
And self-control.
Galatians 5 22.
When we resist guidance,
Seek control,
And work to please others,
The ego becomes the one that is fulfilled.
Even as Jesus walked through his path,
He did not change his ways as he met with others that were not of the same beliefs or ways.
With gentleness,
He continued through his journey following guidance from his father up to his last minute on the cross.
We can take this example and open our hearts to forgiveness in any situation.
So for me,
That space is for expansion,
For dropping old patterns,
Being in a space to be more open to doing what I hear for me.
When we live without hiding our true self,
We are setting off into unlimited territories and to people loving us for who we are.
People will be loving us for our goodness,
Faithfulness,
Gentleness,
And honorable behaviors.
We will be loved because we are being authentic and authentically driven.
We have been secretly fed from beyond space and time.
That's why we look for something more than this,
Rumi.