Voila`

"Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind is bearing me across the sky." Ojibwa Saying

Have you ever been trying to find a house, or building, or some new place and you just can't seem to get there? You have the address. You know the end point. In fact someone may have even told you what turns to take. But nevertheless you can't get there.
And so you resign yourself to being lost.
Then you make a turn and voila! there you are!

It seems to me that parts of our lives are like this as well. We make plans about where we 'think' we should go, what we should do, the end point. But somewhere in between we can't exactly get there. Mary Chapin Carpenter, one of my very favorite singer/songwriters wrote, A Place in the World. (lyrics below) She touches on how we feel when we aren't sure of our direction or where we are on the map of our lives.

When we are feeling lost we have options. We can hold on and keep doing what we are doing, (though getting nowhere). We can hold on, brace ourselves and refuse to move at all. We can forget that destination and make up a new one. Or we can surrender to the moment and voila! there we are. Perhaps, just perhaps, because we listened to God's voice leading us--only found in surrender.

Putting ourselves in the hand of God who has had a plan for us all along----gives us both the way and the means to get to that end point. And sometimes that point looks entirely different than we thought! It is even more wonderful.
Have a good day wherever you go!

God Abides
Bobbie McGarey
@2004
These words are lyrics by Mary Chapin Carpenter its a wonderful song. A place in the world
(mary chapin carpenter)

What I’m looking for, after all this time
Keeps me moving forward, trying to find it
Since I learned to walk all I’ve done is run
Ready, on my mark, doesn’t everyone
Need a place in the world

Could be right before your very eyes
Just beyond a door that’s open wide
Could be far away or in your own backyard
There are those who say, you can look too hard
For your place in the world

Takes some of us a little longer
A few false starts gonna make you stronger
When I’m sure I’ve finally found it
Gonna wrap these arms all around it

Could be one more mile, or just one step back
In a lovers smile, down a darkened path
Friends will take our side, enemies will curse us
But to be alive is to know your purpose
It’s your place in the world
Your place in the world
Your place in the world