I can remember
going to the ballpark as a kid. The day of the game brought
tons of emotions to my head. Excited. Nervous. Scared. I remember
having to go back to the house a dozen times because I forgot
my glove. I mean, how was I going to play the game I was so
excited about playing without my glove?
As
kids we were whisked right into the adult life and on the
way we plum forgot to bring ourselves
with us! That's why I usually get a big BLANK STARE when I
ask, "WHO ARE YOU"?
God made
me. I then took me from there and installed all sorts of after-market
gadgets that I picked up in school, from relationships, from
a girl named Willow next door (don't make me go there!)
and on the 
basketball
court. Now, as an adult I'm finding myself again and seeing
how much of my adult life has been out of whack with myself!
Life
flows when my day's content is an expression of WHO I AM.
And the ride is so much smoother when I include the first
base, "who are you"!
I invite
you to take a trip back. Back past the busy-ness of your life
today. Back to before the moment you settled for and you compromised
and you shut down and you excused away and you formed ridiculousbeliefs
about yourself and about life and love.
Go back.
Remember. And when you find that little child who loved to
do and be all those things that you forgot about...just know
that child still exists. You carry him/her around with you
everyday. That li'l "you" is dying to come out and
play. You don't believe me? Heck you see it all the time.
You're there! You've noticed those times when the li'l you
poked out for a moment last year on the beach or in the form
of that dream of doing something wild or new or adventurous.
The li'l you came out in that moment of passion when you forgot
everything around you and all that existed was love. Or remember
when you saw the beauty of a child and you stopped? That was
your own child you were remembering.
Go back
and remember. Slow down and recognize the you that you left
back there on the roadside. And know that it's that side of
you that drives you. It's that side of you that's YOU! Let you
out. But step back because your life will feel more ALIVE
as everyone around you shouts "what took you so long"
and as you bring back more and more into your life of the things
you've truly loved and missed.
