Being Open

During this afternoon we had a meeting of several Friends (Quakers), my wife and myself talking about being open to God’s input and gifts.  I realized how important it was that I went through my period of pain, disability and terror in order to give up any preconceived notions or attachments.  Those notions and attachments prevented me from being and, though I did not think so at the time, giving up those attachments was a gift, albeit in strange packaging.