Look a little deeper...

[Cherie]

Friday, June 28, 2013

It's the deepest channel that runs most true.
—Kate Wolf

The greatest rivers spread themselves out wide and lazy over the earth.
They roll over on themselves like great turtles turning in the warm sun.
A river flows, drawn to the oceans, carving ever-deepening channels,
nestling snug in the earth's welcoming lap. The current is strongest in
the deepest channel. Boat navigators know that finding that channel
means finding the swiftest current and the safest voyage home.

When we look at a river, or at another person, we see only the surface.
What keeps our attention is usually some movement or activity on the
surface. But there is more than meets the eye, especially to people.
When we overlook someone because that person is quiet or simple,
we may be robbing ourselves of an eye-opening discovery.

Which deeper things can I look for in my day?

From the book: Today's Gift

[caressa222]

It's the deepest channel that runs most true.
—Kate Wolf

The greatest rivers spread themselves out wide and lazy over the earth.

They roll over on themselves like great turtles turning in the warm sun.

A river flows, drawn to the oceans, carving ever-deepening channels, nestling snug in the earth's welcoming lap. The current is strongest in the deepest channel. Boat navigators know that finding that channel means finding the swiftest current and the safest voyage home.

When we look at a river, or at another person, we see only the surface.

What keeps our attention is usually some movement or activity on the surface. But there is more than meets the eye, especially to people.

When we overlook someone because that person is quiet or simple, we may be robbing ourselves of an eye-opening discovery.

Which deeper things can I look for in my day?

From the book: Today's Gift

Like this, we can get so much more out of a day if we but look for it. We need to be a participant.

[majestyjo]

Which deeper things can I look for in my day?

From the book: Today's Gift

What a great question. It talks about others, not overlooking them and what they can bring to us, but what we have around us in our own daily lives. Do we live to our full potential, do we recognizing our God working in our lives, and do we remember to acknowledge and say thank you.

Just that special sunbeam, that flower that didn't seem to be there before because I was blind to it, that tune that is play, does it have a message for me?

We have a disease of perception and I try to remember to ask for the healing of mine. That is when I think of it, which isn't always very often, so I need to be more vigilent about the things I need to pray and ask for, like the willingness to be willing.

[caressa222]

Tonight I shared how I wanted to be a clean, clear channel, and when I was 7 years clean and sober, I chose to quit cigarettes. I did not want to quit cigarettes. There are days in today, I still want to have a cigarette. When I get these thoughts I say to myself, "Just for today, I chose not to use." I had to pray for the willingness to be willing to quit. Then I had to pray for the willingness to quit just for today, and I went to NA and picked up key tags. Instead of the 30 lbs. I feared, I lost 3 lbs. I didn't replace the cigarettes with physical food, I substituted with spiritual food by going to NA.