Messages & Miracles~ACIM~ Lesson 73

♡I am in the thought process of considering moving in new and completely different direction. I don't know at this time what direction that is, where it will lead me to, or how I will get there, but circumstances have rendered me to move towards the unknown. Fear.

It's not the new opportunity that caused the fear, I welcome new opportunities.  It's that I have allowed the fear to push me to a place I did not expect. The miracle itself, has not transpired in the way in which I wanted it to be. Grateful for the journey, the awareness, and the love, I am led back to the simplicity. To begin a new chapter; a chapter that begins and ends with happiness; the happiness that can be found in each day♡

Giving thought to the fear, I see that it is brought forth as a result of a 'wish' for a specific miracle, asked and being answered in specific manner, way, shape, time limit, and form. All as I wanted it to be. I see now that I had placed a specific expectation in which I wanted my miracle to arrive and transform. What I wasn't able to see was that this expectation would eventually rob me of my complete happiness. No expectation, only miracles. I see now that it brought me to a place that has opened my mind to the miracle of no expectation.

Which brings me to a mourning of a new kind. This is with new awareness. I will never be the same person in which I was. I'd say that it was not possible with all that I have learned and all that I know now. So with this mourning, brings happiness.

I was recently contacted to read for a woman. It is interesting how one contact can change the direction in which we think.  I never anticipated the impact that this reading would have upon me and, to be honest, I am not sure why it did, until now. I did just know that upon meeting her, that my world would change. I instantly felt a calm and connected feeling; that we both had much to teach and learn from one another. 

Upon arriving at the reading, I discovered that she was a Clinic Psychologist, PhD. What struck me most about her, was, in all her learned wisdom, guidance, and teachings, she had a gifted openness & knowing that there was yet more to learn; all the while staying true to who she is at the core of her being. At the end of the reading, she shared with me that she also wrote a blog. This blog has  provided me with such insight in regards to the challenges in which I faced over the past couple of years. I see how far I have come. 

The Universe provides and directs as we most need it to. I am grateful for the love that God shown to me & opened up within me; to guide and direct, always allowing me what is necessary to transform my eyes to see differently, to continually learn and grow, to experience more and more, and, to further share this with others. I have learned so much. I have experienced and grown. I was going to add, more than what I visioned or dreamed possible, but the truth is, I have grown toward and experienced what I had envisioned, who I always knew that I would one day be.

The challenges of the past year have brought with them much uncertainty. Where I have always believed that it will 'just work out in the end,' I have been given the challenge to experience the acceptance of unpredictability.  

Given all of this much thought over the past couple of days, I have experienced a new wave of calm within me. One that makes me think that perhaps I am at a point where I need to change direction; towards a new one, a new goal, new opportunities. This has not come lightly, and not one of my conscious mindfulness's choosing, not a road that I thought that I wanted previously to go, nor one which led to a place of happiness. Until today. I have opened up to the unpredictability of the miracle.

I know how far we have come. Gratefully & Happily, we are coming to the end of a long, bumpy road, and a new chapter arising from the ashes.  We are on the upswing and of this I am deeply indebted to the lessons. I am grateful. What is coolest about this journey is that a new person has emerged from within. From both of us. But the reality of the situation remains, that there is much debris in its wake. What has gotten me through this, was not getting trapped in the past, very much aware that the past is behind and there is nothing that we can ever do to change it. The best experience for this is to accept it and bless it. 

So, after much thought over a dreary, cool, windy & rainy weekend, I put thought into our direction forward. And with that a sense of calm ran through me. I see that my journey has brought me back to me and to the love within. I have had the opportunity to do what I love to do, and what I always thought possible to do. And brought to a cross-roads, decisions must once again be made, this time with a new awareness; and from this different place. 

I will not regret the path that has led me to here. I will not regret my many choices. I will not live in the past; ashamed, guilted, or fearful, for I was brought along this path for a reason. It was the path that brought me back to me. And to God. So wherever the path takes us, leads us, guides and directs us, I seek only the the greatest of experiences and love. With this, and the decisions that are before me, I read through the lesson workbook and I am brought back to Spirit. I am brought back to the miracle of today and all that it offers to me.

Spirit am I, a Holy Child of God. Free of all limits; safe, healed and whole. Free to forgive, free to be forgiven. Free to love and be loved in return; Open and accepting of the Miracles of today. I seek but that which belongs to me in truth.

A Course in Miracles~ ACIM~ Lesson 73~ Spirit am I, a Holy Child of God. Free of all limits; safe, healed and whole. Free to forgive, free to be forgiven. Free to love and be loved in return; Open and accepting of the Miracles of today. I seek but what belongs to me in truth. Let it  begin with Happiness

The New Beginning.  I take a deep breath and listen to what I am led to. And so this is the lesson of today. Begin the day with the acknowledgment and acceptance of who you are and what rites afford you to this truth:

'Spirit am I, a Holy Child of God. Free of all limits; safe, healed and whole. Free to forgive, free to be forgiven. Free to love and be loved in return; Open and accepting of the Miracles of today. I seek but what belongs to me in truth. Let it  begin with Happiness'

Let this be the one reminder that you keep in mind, expectation has been lifted from the world by your decision for to be merely happy. And as you have received, so must you give. 

And so there we have it. A lesson in a lesson. Conclude the day with the message; 'Spirit am I, a Holy Child of God. Free of all limits; safe, healed and whole. Free to forgive, free to be forgiven. Free to make decisions unified as one. Free to love and be loved in return; Open and accepting of the Miracles of today. I seek but what belongs to me in truth.'

And so today I seek happiness. Have a beautiful day, love and light, always, Lori-Lynn