After a walk around the lake the other day, I decided to go down to the barge to meditate. As I sat on the water, I felt the wind wisp around me, I heard the seagulls overhead and children shrieking in the background, I felt the barge bob with the flow of the water, and I could smell the earth after the early morning rains. I had a soothing feeling of Spirit. Then it dawned on me, actually it came as an impression, this is spirituality.

Spirituality is being aware of expressing and experiencing Spirit.

Why then, do we make Spirit into some mystifying, complicated concept? It’s a feeling to be sure, and it’s individual and personal. Maybe, it’s because we really can’t describe the feeling to anyone else. It’s like trying to explain water to a fish. It’s all around. It’s in them. It is them, but because they are immersed in it they don’t even know that it’s there. Or a better analogy would be air to us. We know it’s there, it’s all around us, it’s in us, it is us, but we can’t see it or hold it.

The beauty of life is that it’s all about expressing and experiencing Spirit. You can do it whereever you are, whatever the task is, there Spirit is. You don’t have to go anywhere. You do it whether or not you are aware of it. Sometimes, we might stifle it. You know, you might get the feeling to turn up the radio and sing out loud to your favorite song at the traffic light (that’s Spirit), but then you don’t want the people in the car next to you thinking that you’re crazy. Or you want to go splash in the puddles with your daughter, but you’re afraid of setting a bad example and making her rebellious for life.

Spirit is itching to burst out of you. It’s pushing on your edges. Daring you to have life and have it abundantly.

Practice spirituality today. Revel in the experience of Spirit all around you and allow it to flow freely through you out into the world. Have fun with it!

In Spirit,
Nneka