FILTERS

What color do you see when you look at the day? Strange question perhaps, but one that truly does apply in many ways.

By this I mean that when we look upon life's many facets do we truly look for gold or only trash? Everything has its shades of energy, but it is up to us what we see.

And how we feel about ourselves as well as our surroundings definitely affects that vision. That might seem like a trite observation, but it isn't intended to be.

I just believe it is so apparent in our thinking we truly ignore the significance at times. Just one of those things we can't help doing without thinking.

Which is part of the reason at times that I feel we just unintentionally block out what is often at the core of our thoughts. If we fail to pierce our veil of distraction and truly discover what is fueling our sight it just leads to confusion.

We just feel totally out of sorts and unable to appreciate what truly drives us. Naturally this never enables us to come to terms adequately with our feelings.

The result can be all kinds of valleys where we are tagged with bad feelings and no way to understand them. Life just looks so pointless and pathetic and everything seems to upset us.

Naturally the only way to actually cope in a way that will honestly help is to let God's spirit help to clear the mind. Providing we can stop thinking long enough to do that or remember too.

Which is easy to forget. God never forces anything on us. If we don't listen when he nudges us, he won't insist upon us listening.

But he is loving and kind enough to be patient with us. And that means he will give us the time we need to learn when we are slow in understanding.

That is so often for some of us. Which means there are times when we simply get sidetracked by our desires and being human are not able to focus as we should.

The good news is how often once we start listening that it does become easier. In the sense that we will be more receptive to the Lord's nudge.

That doesn't mean we always listen, just that the more practice we have the more it gives us ears to pay attention. Will that mean the problems go away.

No, not at all. It just means that we have better chances to respond and find out the things we need to help us through the darkness. And that is always a blessing when they happen.