What do you see?

Awakening our senses by opening our eyes.

In this week’s Talking Note, I explore the connection between our actions and bearing witness. More specifically, how what we do speaks directly to the inner landscape of our person. This was one of the hardest things I came to learn in my own journey. I considered myself a fairly good person, with strong beliefs that I tried to hold to, and yet found myself in patterns that clearly spoke otherwise, especially in particular areas of my life.

The signals were clear, but it wasn’t until I took full responsibility for the patterns I could see, that I was able to begin the journey of transformation. The journey for me included conversations with trusted friends, counseling, and a deep dive into the world of spiritual formation from the perspective of Jesus Christ through the work of Dallas Willard. Along the way I discovered that a common theme in all of these experiences was awareness. I could not begin to address a challenge without having some kind of awareness of it. The more specific the awareness the clearer the path towards transformation.

Here we will explore a starter question designed to help us set our attention on our current awareness.

What do you see?