Are you connected?

I realized today how important a connection can be in so many ways. Connections with the ones you love, connections with friends, connections with your surroundings and most importantly our connection with Jesus. It's easy to lose a connection, isn't it? Maintaining the connection is where we and I especially seem to run into problems. You can be around lots of people but are you connecting with them? Are you right there in that moment with them soaking up everything that's going on around you? Or are you trying to figure out what you have to do next or where you have to go? If you are constantly thinking of what comes next you are missing out on a connection. The best conversations I've ever had were times where I didn't have an agenda and I was able to melt into the conversation and the atmosphere and i was really there with the person. My thoughts were there, my heart was there and I truly wanted to be there. I hate going to visit my Nana in the nursing home. I go out of obligation and this is why I don't enjoy myself. I always go there with somewhere else on my mind to go right after so I don't have to stay very long. But what I didn't realize is that I was missing out on the connection with my own family. I decided to try and go there once without an agenda and I talked to my Nana for two straight hours and we had a great conversation and we connected! 

Today I talked to my cousin who had lost touch with a friend she had been looking for, for over 2 years. I stopped to take time out of my agenda to help her find that friend. She didn't have a Facebook account, but I did and so the friend she was looking for, for over two years, I found in 5 minutes. It was so great to hear how excited she was. 

Don't get me wrong it's good to have a schedule, but not when it gets in the way of your connections, especially when it comes down to your connection with Jesus. This is the most important connection of all because Jesus gives us life and if our connection is right with Him we will be able to better live out our purpose and connect with those around us the way Jesus wants us to. 

Lesson Learned:

Connect with Jesus. Connect with Family. Connect with Friends. Connect with those you don't know. Connect.