Sending Joy

“God sends His teachers. … they teach His lessons of joy and hope.” A Course In Miracles

“I will accept and teach God’s joy today.”

Let’s pay attention to the happy people in our lives. What do they have in common?  The only difference between them and us is that they choose to see the light in their lives instead of focusing on darkness. They align with their strengths and laugh at their weaknesses.

They count their blessings instead of their miseries. They want to see the good in others instead of their mistakes. They choose the power of Love over the limitation of fear. 

Life isn’t complicated.  We just make it that way. God’s Love and our recognition and acceptance of His Love are all we need to live a perfect life.

Are you one of the happy people?  Then I thank you for being my teacher.

“I am surrounded by the Love of God.” A Course In Miracles

“In quietness are all things answered and is every problem quietly resolved.” A Course In Miracles

“Today I will be still and listen.”

Listening is probably the singular most important activity we can perform for the changing of our minds and our lives. And yet we seldom take a moment to do it. Being still is perhaps our one greatest challenge. We were not taught how growing up and most of us in the western world can’t even begin to understand the value of a silent mind.

And yet …

In silence are the answers to every question.  In silence lives the still, small voice of God radiating His Love through us, His Children, if only we would listen.  It isn’t that God’s voice is small; it’s just that our egos are so noisy. Scientific tests have proven that in being still there are changes in the brain that bring peace to the spirit.

There is listening to God and there is listening to ourselves and others. Begin simply. The next time you are in conversation with someone, practice looking into their eyes and really listen to them. Don’t jump ahead to your next response, but simply take yourself out of the equation and listen. Breathe calmly, quietly and listen.  Listen not just to their words, but to their hearts. You will hear their pain and their joy. You will hear beyond words to their very thoughts and feelings. To their very energy.

And then find a moment in the day, even for a minute or two to grow still and listen to your own breath, your own heart and open to your own energy. In the beginning even a minute or two is enough. As you do this you will begin to experience feelings you’ve never recognized before and travel to a place inside you that you didn’t know existed. This is the place of inner peace, of Divine Love and delight and joy that lives inside you and is waiting to be heard. The more we tap into this inward world, the more time we will want to spend there.

“Let me be still and listen to the truth.”  A Course In Miracles

“The mind that serves God is unlimited forever, beyond the laws of time and space, and with the strength and power to do whatever it is asked.” A Course In Miracles

“I will let the Divine Universe guide me today.” 

The world is changing at a fantastic rate. And it is changing for the better. The reason it looks so dramatic, so intense and so filled with disasters is because it isn’t easy for us to give up the fear and pain that we’ve cherished for so long. The ego isn’t going out like a lamb, but it is going out. It is happening with every thought we choose that comes from Love.

Fear is leaving with every choice we make to see things differently and our every desire for a better way. It is disappearing with every kind thought, every helpful act and every loving wish for our brothers and sisters to succeed.

Fear is fading with every experience of forgiveness and with every tiny willingness to let the Divine Universe be our guide in all things. It is disappearing into the Oneness and the unity of all that is our Truth, no matter how diligently we try to see or make it otherwise.

Love is following closely upon the heels of our fading fear.  When we place our trust in Love, fear is rendered powerless.  We need only keep our thoughts focused toward the light; our minds and hearts open to healing.  Recognition of the Truth will dawn upon us and glorious Light will shine away every dark thought that holds the world hostage. 

Fear is gasping its last breath and soon will fade into the nothingness from which it came. God is smiling with gentle gratitude upon His children who are now choosing to remember Him and nothing else.