When we choose to live a life where controlling and watching everything we say and do is king the impact of our involvement is automatically limited as our heart and mind begin to fight between them for the supremacy of our beings.
Consider an archer. If he is free to shoot his arrows anywhere he wants he will have the whole of his talent (heart) available to him. He will have no future results in his mind and will therefore almost always hit whatever he desires. Now take the same archer and ask him to hit the apple above your head and you immediately put him in a space where the potential of being divided is available to him. If he does not understand the importance of remaining within his heart and just shooting, despite the pressure outside of him, half of him will focus on the apple and the other will focus on the consequences he will have to face in the future if he misses or if he makes it.
This approach will mean that he no longer has the whole of his talent (heart) available to him and will therefore more than likely miss. The only way this archer, and us, will have the whole of our talent (heart) available to us is if we remain present and live a life that is not judged by results but instead one that enjoys the process moment by moment, and understands that the results ultimately belong to God.
I firmly believe that God is calling you and I today to a journey where winning and loosing are nowhere near as important as it is to just play from a heart that is full of courage and faith.
Don’t try – Just Play!
-pablo-
Photo by Wesley Clerk
