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I met
a waitress who had quit culinary school because she wanted to have a
more direct connection with the people she served. “I can't
imagine being a chef and not seeing people enjoy the wonderful dishes,”
she told me. In a sense, we are all like both the chef and the waitress.
Part of us is creating our lives by the inner thoughts we think, generating
dishes in private, and dispatching them out into the world from behind
a curtain. (“We think in secret, and it comes to pass; environment
is our looking glass.”) But there is also a part of us that sees
the dishes when they reach the table and we watch the expressions on
the faces of those who receive them - including our own.
You have a very real relationship with God, a Force that responds to
your every thought. Not that you are telling God how to run the universe;
you are simply aligning with the Force for your good, or not aligning
with it. The more aligned you are, the better your life goes. Unlike
what you may have been told by fearful teachers, all God wants is for
you to be happy. When that is all you want for yourself, that is what
you will have.
I love the character in the movie Shakespeare in Love who kept telling
worried people, “Somehow it will work out.” When they asked
him how he knew, he would simply answer, “It's a mystery!”
To the mortal mind that thinks it has to control and figure everything
out, how things will work out is indeed a mystery. Yet to the part of
us that knows we are connected to Spirit, deeply worthy, and infinitely
loved, it is a Universal Law. A Course in Miracles tells us,“Miracles
are natural; when they don't occur, something has gone wrong.”
Einstein put it this way: “There are only two ways to look at life:
One is as if nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is
a miracle.” Once you become miracle-minded, they show up wherever
you do.
Unity minister Eric Butterworth, while changing planes in Chicago, was
informed that his connecting airplane was disabled, and passengers,
chosen by lottery, would be transferred to a smaller aircraft. Most
of the passengers became anxious and angry and lined up to do battle
with airline agents. Rev. Butterworth decided to just relax. He saw
one other fellow who was sitting calmly and talked with him. When the
airline finally announced the lottery selectees, he and the other calm
fellow were called first.
Attitude is more influential than action. Attitude is a very powerful
form of action. Faith is the most powerful form of attitude.
Alan
Cohen is the author of Why Your Life Sucks and What You Can Do About
It. For a free catalog of Alan's books, and workshops
phone 1-800-568-3079 or email admin@alancohen.com
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