Conversations with God

Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, here’s an interesting thought: what we are is more important that what we do! No matter what, there is always going to be someone in our ‘class/group’, with as much “smarts” and education as we have, doing what we want to do – only they are doing it better. That’s life. That part isn’t the important thing, though. One’s life is not a cold resume of facts. One must build character, a life, learning that we are NOT the center of the universe.

Our job is to show up, to really listen, to laugh more, to do, and to be. We are not cardboard cutouts. We are to...