Infusing Our Days with Life

I continue with thoughts from “I Want to Live from the Center of Things,” today looking at how we can infuse our days with life.

I want to live from the center of things.

I want to find the ways and things of living that are life-giving and infuse my days with them.

So many of us choose to live our lives out of a place bent toward what hurts us. If not us, we certainly have contact with people who choose to live in this sort of way. A friend who nurses an addiction that is actually breaking them apart. A family member who chooses to live out of lies about themself, others, life, and God that actually leads to their present and eternal torment. That person at work who sticks with a job they hate because it’s all they know, turning their back on the God-given strengths that could lead them elsewhere.

What would it mean to fill our lives with things that give us life?

First off, we would have to know what those things are.

There are some things that give us all life: God, beauty, truth, kindness, self-control, etc.

There are other things that are specific to the person who God has made us to be. A thing like poetry can breathe life into some souls, while feeling like archaic nails on chalkboards to others.

What are the things that are specific to you that give you life? Think of the past week and what has been refreshing for you: the activities, the moments, the people, the situations.

After identifying those things – those general and those specific to you – it is worth pondering what your life would be like if you were to find a rhythm for putting those things into your life in abundance.

What keeps you from doing so?

What would a day be like if filled with the people, activities, moments, and situations that give you life?

What would a year filled with these things and people be like?

What about a lifetime?

I want to live from the center of things.

I want to find the ways and things of living that are life-giving and infuse my days with them.