Presence: Getting Connected

Presence:  Getting Connected

Ever wonder if you were on the right path?  Ever feel like you’re off the path?  I know when I feel off the path.  It’s in those times that I need to pause and take time to be still, to get connected again.  If I am not taking that time, the teacher seems to disappear.  When I do take the time, the teacher appears.  Almost by instinct I begin to know what to do, which way to go and life begins to take on meaning again.

It’s like life with a Partner.  Life goes on, we get distracted by daily, mundane tasks and one day goes on the next.  If we don’t intentionally take time to communicate or simply be present to our Partner, the relationship gets disconnected, not only for our Partner, but something within ourselves just isn’t quite right.  When we take the time to communicate and be present, the path reveals itself and life deepens.

“With your own eyes you shall see your Teacher, while from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears:  ‘This is the way.  Walk in it.’”  (See Isaiah 30: 19-21, 23-26)

Feeling disconnected?  Sometimes just taking some time to simply be present to God and/or others makes a big difference.  And remember, even when we take time to be present, it doesn’t mean that we’re necessarily going to “feel” connected right away.  The important thing is that we take the time to be present.  Period.

Perhaps the best present we could give ourselves and others is presence.