All Things

All things define me and I define all things.  Just as images break free other images, I am constantly breaking out of myself, running into something else, which changes into a new substance, which, in turn, changes me again.  I am constantly being defined and redefining.

In this, I have a great deal of choice in what I am and my affect upon the world.  I can redefine myself by positively redefining my surroundings.  The process turns in on itself and eventually spreads to greater reaches while at the same time deeply changing me.

Since I am clearly discussing the meta-physical self here, it makes sense to apply this concept to spirituality.  Spiritually, I used to feel like an orange being pressed through a juicer.  Whatever came out was my natural, unaltered spirituality.  Over the years, my natural spirit dried for too much pressing.   (By pressing, I generally mean “meeting expectations.”)  I was unsure how to be re-formed into more fruit.  How do I become more of an orange when all my juice is gone?  Don’t get me wrong, I was trained on how to do this.  I was well-acquainted with Aquinas, Finney, and other great examples of fervent faith.   I went to Bible college.  But somehow, in the midst of all this literal teaching, my spirit did not learn how to leap into newness each day.  My spirit did not learn how to seize opportunities for redefinition.

I thought, if I am an orange, I must always be an orange.  My imperfections are faults that I must strive to eliminate.  Little did I know, I did not have to be an orange.

Today, I am choosing a spiritual reincarnation.  I choose to no longer be an orange, but a mixture of flour, water, and the yeast of God’s encouragement.  I will take what is around me today, mix it into myself, and become new.  I choose to leap forward with the joyful knowledge that good is around me and I will be redefined into more good.  I will be kneaded, let to rest, then kneaded again by the goodness that I find physically in my home and spiritually in my heart.

This is my magic: I am never the same from moment to moment, being defined by all things and defining all things around me.