The Essence of Presence

It has been said that when you pray you shoulddesire to have in our life. How many times have
come to the altar with humility, gratitude and loveyou built up some negative emotions toward a
in your heart. Truthfully, it is very rare for any ofperson based on thoughts that you have
us to truly come to any place, relationship orcultivated yourself, then picked up the phone to
situation in our life with this presence. If we did,call that person? It doesn't take much to realize
this would be the most life changing experiencethe outcome of that interaction. Why do we
we could imagine. Think about it...When was thecontinue on our path of destruction? It is because
last time you came to any relationship orwe are reactionary creatures that seem to be
conversation with this presence?driven by our own thoughts and demons.
What this world needs right now is this, theWe must come to a place of healing within our
essence of presence. In these times of stress wehearts and realize that how we show up for any
should feel thankful for all that we are and all thatcircumstance or interactions in our life will
we have. We need to take time to evaluate howdetermine the outcome. Feel the essence of your
our life is unfolding, if it is playing out in the mostpresence. Take the time to be humble.
marvelously positive manner then I say pleaseTake a moment, take a deep breath and listen to
continue on that path, but on the other hand ifyour thoughts. See where they are leading your
your life is unraveling and can use some love,emotions, if you are being led down the path of
patience, focus, or caring, then you need todestruction by your own thoughts, than awaken
realize this simple fact, that how you show up toto the fact that it would not be a good time to
any encounter is what you will receive.react, such as by interacting with the person who
It is very easy to continue on the same path andis the intended recipient of those emotions. Set
it may be unraveling in a truly negative way butyour intentions to be full of gratitude and love. In
because we are creatures of habit, rather thanyour mind say " I love you" then continue to
change, we tread forward continuing themove towards the situation, circumstance or
negativity in all our relationships; personal as wellperson.
as at work. Think about it-If you go into aWhen we realize that the essence of the
conversation with a head full of negative thoughtpresence we bring to every encounter in our life,
and emotions that come from the thought, thanwill unequivocally determine the outcome, then we
you will only cultivate a negative outcome. Is thatcan begin to awaken the true nature of our being,
really what you want?which is to love and be loved. So in this time of
It is human nature to want to be loved and feelgratitude remember to feel deep down inside, the
loved. Knowing this fact will help us to create theessence of your presence. Presence will serve to
kinds of relationships that we truly want andguide your life in a positive and healing way.