Tonight, I am looking at the process of connection. So often we look straight ahead. We see out of our eyes, and look for people who can meet us there. If they do, we connect. If they can’t, we wonder what is wrong with them, with people, or perhaps even with us.
Imagine a line. I line up, and look forwards. Imagine someone else lining up five feet to my left, and also looking forward. We don’t align. We don’t connect. We are close, but distant. Our relationship is a failure.
Agility is being able to move five feet to the left, and to the right, to doing the work other people cannot even conceive is possible. To doing work other people cannot even see, to being invisible while moving, and misunderstood when arrive.
To being there when they arrive, and seeing them, and being recognized. Oh, it is all so OBVIOUS, no?
We all of us flail around in the wind like helpless newborn birds. We fail to see what is possible for us, and we fail to pursue it. Then we blame life or circumstance or something else.
Somehow, somewhere, God has given us the clues for this Escape Room adventure. He/She/It/Them has created a path forward, which leads to fulfillment, peace, joy, and a sense of connection.
You, yes you: you were born with something special to express, and a life to do it. On one level you cannot fail, but on another, you will feel so much more joyous if you do fulfill the mission. Have at it. Carry on.
I have no idea if all this makes sense, but this is a good approximation of what floats around my brain all day, when I am not focused on doing the work of close reasoning.