Articles from July 2013

My brother said something to me once that has always stuck with me. He said that God doesn’t particularly care what happens outside of us because that doesn’t really matter. What matters is what’s inside of us. As a result, we are brought what we need and not necessarily what we want.

This is a profound truth because life is constantly bringing us the circumstances that we need for our healing and our growth. We may not recognize it at the time, but this is what’s happening.

I have certainly had my share of difficult times and I have survived every one of them. Not only have I survived them, but every difficult time has been followed by something great. I had a healing, an awareness, or a change that made my life much better.
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One day I was a little discouraged. All I could see were my circumstances. I was negative and a little grumpy. Then I went to lunch and ran into an old friend. It was such a joy to see each other. All of a sudden, my happiness and aliveness came back. I was back in the light.

The shift from my being out of the light to my being back in the light was so fast and so dramatic, it gave me a great opportunity to compare the two states.

When you are in the light, you are in the experience of love. You are happy, alive, and free. The circumstances of life have no power over you. You have a very positive energy and great things happen around you. When you are in this state, life works incredibly.
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