As a small business owner and a single parent, I struggled just to stay up with the demands on my hours. My work sometimes entailed very long commutes to work sites; and along with my business, I had all the usual tasks of parenting. I tried to find quiet time to spend with my children as well as for prayer and spiritual study. Normal hours of sleep didn't seem an option.
One late afternoon, after presenting an all-day seminar and with a four-hour drive ahead of me, I found myself stuck in rush-hour traffic. As I shifted gears, creeping along at a few miles an hour, I almost wept. I just didn't see how I could muster enough energy to make it home. My feet hurt from standing all day, and my body was wracked from exhaustion. I'd been going nonstop since dawn.
As I sat there feeling sorry for myself, I smiled, thinking of an absurd question: I wonder if God is tired today? Suddenly, I sat up straight. Of course God isn't tired, I realized, because God isn't a human being—God is Spirit, divine Mind. And as His creation, I'm His idea. I originate and exist in that Mind. I contemplated this truth, but I still had trouble understanding in practical terms how to see myself as Mind's idea. How could I make that concept real and applicable to my everyday life?
