Love

I have been reading and practicing the lessons from "A Course in Miracles." I am doing it by myself thus far, but might join a group after I complete the lessons....they seem to be something that will be ongoing for me. The thing that I have noticed the most is the theme of learning to let go and embrace change.......helpful for me because things are constantly changing around here :) ( my nursing unit is moving in 6 mos. to another hospital, Mira just got her temps, Marko has been redistricted to a new school, the girls switched dance studios...etc...blah, blah, blah).......I guess the only constant is change so I might as well learn to love it. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the quote below......it was from one of my past lessons.
Namaste,
Michele


"What we give to others, we give to ourselves.
What we withhold from others, we withhold from ourselves.
In any moment when we choose fear instead of love,
we deny ourselves the experience of Paradise.
To the extent that we abandon love,
to that extent we will feel it has abandoned us."


— Excerpted from
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of
A Course in Miracles

Peace

Do you prefer that you be right, or that you be happy?

-A Course in Miracles

faith

What could you not accept, if you but knew that everything that happens,
all events, past, present, and to come,
are gently planned by One Whose only purpose is your good?
-A Course in Miracles

Our task

Mira took this picture at the Hessler Street Fair on Sunday.
enjoy the words below!!!
love,
Michele



Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. -A Course in Miracles

Faith

"If you knew who walks beside you on this path
that you have chosen, fear would be impossible."

A Course in Miracles

Letting Go and Letting God

You can either be a host to God or a hostage to your ego
- A Course in Miracles

Fear

"Fear is deception.

It attests that you have seen yourself as you could never be.

and therefore look upon a world which is impossible.

Not one thing in the world is true.

It does not matter what the form in which it may appear.

It wittenesses but to your own illusions of yourself.

Let us not be decieved today.

We are the Sons of God.

There is no fear in us, for we are each a part of Love itself"

Lesson 240 "A Course In Miracles"

Grandma Benjamin

This is my Grandma Benjamin and Mira at 4 mos. old.
My grandma died on 9/16/94 about 4 mos. after this picture was taken.
My grandpa died less than 2 weeks later....
they were married almost 60 years.
My Grandma was a big part of my life.
She kept her opinions to herself and did not try to change anyone
or want them to be anything other than who they were.
My favorite thing that she ever said to me is a phrase that I use often.
She said it to me when I was in college when Mark and I were dating.
Mark had just grown a ponytail and I asked her if she ever noticed
Mark's new ponytail
and she said yes, I most certainly did. Then I asked her why she never
said anything about it.
She said," There are a lot of things
that I notice that I don't say anything about."
I often feel my grandma's presence with me.
It is a very comforting thing for me.

"If you knew who walks beside you on this path that you have chosen, fear would be impossible." A Course in Miracles