Ever notice how elevators—especially older ones—don't stop precisely? They have to "find" the exact stopping place, and it's not a perfectly smooth process. While this is happening, the elevator bounces above and below the final stopping place for a few moments while shock absorbers slow it down. In science this is known as "damping".Do you ever feel like you're on an elevator with old, shot dampers? I don't know about you, but I could use some damping in my life. I could use something (or Someone) to absorb some of life's shocks for me and slow things down.
Things get so busy that I just don't know who or what needs my attention NOW. I have too many decisions to make and there are too many choices. Even when I do make what *I think* is the correct choice, the elevator I'm on is taking its sweet time coming to a complete stop. I can't find the center so I can focus on just. one. thing.
I think this happens to all of us, every day. When we are uncentered, we are more vulnerable to the effects of our busy, busy lives. Life bounces us around. We find it more difficult to stay focused on loving consistently and maintaining our priorities effectively.
Learning to center ourselves on The Still God centers us. We find it easier to stay in the present, to focus on the center of things rather than all the extra. As we become more centered,
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The more we center ourselves on the stillness, the more centered we become generally: we allow God to be the dampers that slow US down. The Still God can be the dampers we need. If we let him.
The more we center ourselves on the stillness, the more centered we become generally: we allow God to be the dampers that slow US down. The Still God can be the dampers we need. If we let him.
