In an email exchange today, my friend Luana, spoke of Joel Goldsmith’s teachings:
“He teaches that we’re a clean slate upon waking, so every day really is a new beginning.”
Then I found a quote by George Washington Carver that spoke, in part, about how “God draws aside the curtain.”
Together, they both inspired me to see each new day as just that – a day where God draws aside the curtain to a clean, fresh day. Not just another day to get by or push through – a day to be the living, breathing, conscious verb of glorifying all that has been given to me in this new day.
I could spend my day with my history and my pain and my failures. I could also live the day as a blessing waiting to be unwrapped by my eyes and my grateful heart. Given the choice to drown in a sea of pain or float effortlessly on a sea of bliss — hmmm, which shall I choose? It’s a no brainer, right? But ah, that history can be seductive!
And yet, each day, patiently and silently God draws aside the curtain. I awake, I peek around that curtain with all the innocence and curiosity of a newborn, because that’s what the newness of this day and this opportunity really represents.
This really resonates with me. I’ve been thinking about forgiveness and past regrets. It’s delightful to think of simply pulling a curtain aside. I like the line from The Sound of Music: “When God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window.” Thank you!
I so love this! Why is checking emotional baggage to our final destinations so scary? Do we feel naked without our history to define us? Given the choice, I choose the unencumbered life — but it is a bit like exercising: a decision must be made routinely, until you wonder how you ever lived any other way. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you “wordsburg” for your words of appreciation and taking the time to reflect on that here.
Ok, love “luggagelady”! I agree that a decision must be made routinely. My husband and I both printed this one out as daily reminders. The more a decision is made, I think eventually it reaches a “tipping point”.