thought flow.

I came across this journal entry from back in August.  It served as a good reminder for me--thought I'd share:

This morning I decided to take some time to do yoga and bring awareness to the connection between my body and spirit.  As I moved through my practice, little thoughts came across my mind and I was quite surprised.  These thoughts weren't typical thoughts that sometimes run through my head--you know, thoughts of my to-do list, complaints about pain in my body, worries about the future, negative feelings toward myself or others.  Instead, they were thoughts that I call Truths with a capital T.

These sort of Truths are the Truths you can count on because they aren't the false realities you make up in your head or the lies that pop culture has pounded into your brain over the years.  They're Truths from God; they're the Truths that keep us on track and help us remember who we are.  They help us really LIVE, not just go through rote motions each day.  These Truths from the Holy Spirit inspire peace, joy and love--which we read about in Galatians 5:22-23: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."


As these reminders of Truth came to me this morning, I decided I don't want to keep forgetting these important things.  I stopped my yoga practice, created a word doc on the computer, and started typing thoughts that came to my mind.  Before I knew it, I had written four pages of thoughts that just kept coming and coming.   This is what it means to be "inspired," and I've affectionately termed such an experience a "thought flow."

I'm going to do the thought flow thing more often.  We spend so much time in chaos and confusion that I really believe we need to take the time to listen to what God sends us.