Taking Action

 I think about taking action - and that’s the problem.

Or - I take action, then stop and wait for the results. 

I bought an exercise bike. Action. I purchased an app which lets me pretend I’m in a class or on the road somewhere pretty. Action. Following through on these initial actions by actually using the bike is the action that counts. Where’s my Creator in this scenario? Perhaps it was in the finding of a piece of equipment that met all my needs but was affordable. It was in finding a “flash sale” at Costco which gave me what I needed for half price. I’d been searching. I’d found what I wanted, but being real about my finances stopped me from plowing ahead. Then, one day - voila! Just what I needed.

Now the onus is on me. Do I keep it pretty and new and unused? That wouldn’t be effective beyond my being able to say “Look what I found!”. Taking the action of actually using it is the “proof in the pudding”.

What do I want? Peace, serenity, the ability to do hard things and get better at doing them, ease, a sense of wonder, patience; all the gifts. If I take the steps, my feet will find the road. If I wait for these things to come to me, I’ll stay in one place, stuck, no longer believing that I can or that anything will ever change. My sense of victimhood will take root, and I’ll get used to my discomfort and discontent, crying that God has forgotten me, doesn’t care about me, or actively dislikes me.

What rubbish! The sense of separation is an illusion born of inaction. The Spirit of Life is in willingness, in the inner knowing that I can do the “next right thing”.

I pedaled yesterday. I intend to pedal today. The desire coupled with willingness will keep me in action, instead of in inaction.