Reflection.

It’s doesn’t come naturally to me. I have to work to be present. I naturally gravitate to the next thing. 

And yet. 

I did some reflection today. What surprised me is the gratitude that flooded me. You see a year ago we were thousands of feet above sea-level, nestled in the French Alps for the month of June. It was an incredible opportunity. 

I learned to run at altitude (why not? I figured it wouldn’t be as hard when I got back to Dallas.)

More importantly that time was used to help do a deep creative reset. It’s in the Alps that I decided to stop comparing and competing with what others are doing vocationally.

Instead I decided to trust my instincts and my leadings and promptings and to follow God’s leadings. 

Its what you’d expect to read from a priest, right?

Here’s the thing competition, or rather, seeing what others are doing based on their social media postings led me to stop trusting my own creative promptings. 

Instead it made me want to try and copy what others are doing. As I did I lost a bit of myself. 

A year on though, I’m grateful for so much and for so many. 

So. Go on. Do a bit of reflecting. Capture what rises up. Chances are someone else will either be encouraged by it or be able to help you with it.