The Power of Smaller

If I’m living a life of intention, seeking the discipline to place the spiritual life first, then there has to be a pay off. The reward for spiritual exercise in my life has been humility. Not a humility born of weakness but humility that is a power. The power of honesty that is spiritually driven .As the power of honesty gets greater,  I actually become smaller and less interested in myself, less interested in my little plans and designs, in what I can get, more interested in what I can give, and more interested in being a giver than a taker.The irony of all this is that as I strive to become less  important, as my design becomes less self-driven, I’ve noticed others seek my council. I’m more important to others as I become less important to myself.As I am driven to become a larger spiritual entity I realize I’m becoming smaller in all kinds of different areas. Emotionally I no longer have to measure up. As your opinion of me becomes less important I’ve realized that others have a greater opinion of me. As I become less self-important, I become more important to you.I’ve been able to start living in an enlightened manner, finding more answers come to me by intuition and inspiration than by deliberate effort. My mental facilities start operating more intuitively. What used to be a hunch gradually becomes inspiration. I start relying on that which I cannot quantify so easily.The answers  just come.