A wiser woman taught me over coffee to live above whatever this world gives me. The best thing is that it is not invisible it is something we can see!
"I don't know"... she whispered kindly ..."about you, but I am a visual learner." So, then she held her hands flat downward hovering close above the table. Our coffee mugs rested full, cold and by now, undrinkable.
"See"... she told me gently, "this is what is happening to us down here.. do you know... that moment where your feelings take over and threaten to control you, as it happens to all of us and we can also do to others?"
Then she raised her hands up over her head as high as she was capable still facing downward high above our table.
Now saying joyfully, "Up here, this is where God sees all of our lives"...
At that I took a sip and into cool liquid I took a dive. I shiver, sigh and think now i'll have to spend another five!
Then she continued...her hands still raised up high, "this is where I try to go to live to see , what's happening...to you and me, when I can't see anything clearly I go to see what God... you know... how He sees all of us and loves us all completely... you just can't imagine the peace that this brings me."
Suddenly I stopped thinking about my cold cold coffee because it began to taste so so much sweeter to me...
For this truth, I could now see was so right, even in the cool cup I was drinking. For this wise woman who taught me how to love everyone and everything.... even cold coffee... she forever changed where I was living.