"If your inner energy is misdirected, so will your whole life be." ~C. Astrid Weber

 Someone once told me that God's will will be done, that things that are destined to happen will happen regardless if I am involved or not. My choice is to be in a place of action when things are happening or to get out of the way. If it is not me being an advocate for change or direction or championing a cause, then it will be someone else. If it is not me being a link in the chain that will hook someone into their authentic life, then it will be someone else. If it is not me being a part of the quilt that colors the world then it will be someone else. This thought really stuck with me. The thought of stepping out or away from a force so incredible bothered me. At the end of the day, I want to be part of the good things that happen in life and not the person who watches it happen around me.
 It is like an equation. When I was in High School, I had an uncanny ability to look at an equation and know the answer without doing the work to solve it. This would have been fine if it didn't make my homework and tests look like I was cheating. Without the work to show for it, my instructor couldn't be sure that I understood the problem and came to the conclusion correctly. My teacher, a retired Army Colonel, talked me through my predicament. One day in class he asked me to come to the board and do a problem. I wrote the problem up and the answer and sat down. When it came time to review the problem he made me return to the board and explain my work. There was no work to explain. The Colonel asked me to start at the end of the equation, with the answer and work my way back to the beginning. As awkward as it seemed at the time, this was easier for me than working the other way around. Once I went backwards, I could easily teach the rest of the class from start to finish. Without that insight, I would have missed many crucial steps in the equation that dictated why the answer was what it wound up being. The Colonel helped me to realize how important the steps are in between.
 I've been in places where I've watched amazing things happening and I've not be a part of it all. I've been in places where I've been part of the equation, involved in all aspects of the great things going on. I prefer the latter. It feels really good to be part of the equation. When you know you can help, when you are sure that there is a reason for your being somewhere, it is an amazing thing. To be connected to LIFE where you are supposed to be. There is nothing better.