Lose The Wait

Being real with God is much like working out - you always feel better afterwards; you never regret the time spent.

The experience of running an inquisitive, wildly honest hand along that cord between you and God - well, it changes things. 

And when you postpone or shelve it - when you tell yourself you're too busy for good abs or a forgiving heart - you suffer. 

From lethargy. From stifled emotions. From the heaviness - physical and emotional - of your own being. 

Its obscenely simple: if we regularly invest in ourselves and in what is vibrantly good to and for us, we flourish. There is no other outcome for those actions. 

That's kind of reassuring. 

Soooo...turn off the TV. Your iPod. Your to-do list. 

If you're at work, close your computer. Take a deep breath. 

Take a 10-minute walk. Don't take anyone with you.

Talk to God. 

Leave behind any formal language. Just talk to him like you would an old friend - the kind that will take you to the ER at 2am without complaint. 

Talk about what hurts and stinks and makes you crazy - and what is working. 

Let down your guard. 

Be open to whatever happens next. It could be adventure; it could be stillness. 

It will be just what you need. 

He carries that 'what you need' with Him all day and just waits for you to ask. 

Isn't that weird, in a way? All the power in the universe, yet He wants to connect. With you. With me. 

He loves us free of all the garbage and complication that human love contains. You don't have to temper, modify or sugar up your words. You can let go.

Not a bad Guy. Not a bad Guy. 

He's safe. 

And thus, so are you. 

Go for a walk. 

Love,

-Melinda

Photo Credit: Tamao Funahashi. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamjpn/201448749/

Artwork: Yoshitomo Nara