simply me

Today's post stems from some ponderings that I've been absorbed with after someone asked the question, "when are you most completely you?"

I am most completely me when I'm in a creative space. There are several facets to Honey Girl's creative side - I'm a writer, yes. I'm also a baker and a musician. (Does my interest in photography make me a photographer?) These are some of the creative processes that feed my soul - that flow out of my true self and give expression to the woman that God created me to be.

I am also most completely me when I'm in a relational space as a spiritual director and spiritual companion - fully present to those around me.

Another scope of these ponderings is a reflection of my relationship with the ONE who calls me friend. Whether blogging, baking, making music, in community, or practicing silence and solitude, my hope is that my heart's desire is clearly echoed by these words of Brother Lawrence in The Practice of the Presence of God:


The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament.

I invite you to consider this question, when are you most completely you?
When are you most fully alive, living out of your true self, in possession of God?