Finding God....At the Airport
The idea to look for God—in every face I saw—came while I was sitting at an airport in Chicago. As I sat watching people, and watching my thoughts, I realized how judgmental and critical I am. Innocent people are passing to and fro and there I sit, thinking things like, “Gosh, those are dorky jeans”, or “Gee, he’s full of himself”. I was projecting—judging people in all the ways I don’t want to appear. I began to see how judgmental and critical I can be and how this applies to most areas of my life, most especially how I view myself. It dawns on me that I’m judging others harshly and critically because that is what I do to myself. I don’t like how this feels on any level and so I decide to try an experiment. I’m going to reverse my thinking. Every time someone passes by I’m going to think something positive about them. Nothing critical. I dive into this experiment, very excited. It lasts all of two minutes. I quickly realize this is a lame experiment because I don’t know