Don't Wait

The longer you wait,
the colder your feet.
The colder your feet,
the longer you wait.
Don't wait.

These are the words on my perpetual calendar this morning. I guess I look at this in a few different ways.

First, I think of the phrases- "Don't let opportunities pass you by"
and "Opportunity only knocks once." My cousin sent me a forward about the gratitude campaign that a person from Seattle had started. It's geared toward the military but I think it could work when communicating gratitude to anyone. It's signing the words "Thank you" toward the person you. But I think we could also express our love toward people while we're all still together with a simple hug (There's a hug campaign going on also. You can find both campaigns on Youtube.).

Second, I think about the times when my Higher Power tells me to "wait". I think those are the times when I'm exercising self-will and asking to do His will.

Third, I think of this in terms of "once bitten, twice shy". It's fear of rejection. That's when I guess I have to take a leap of faith. I can stick my toe in to test the water and wade in gradually or I can plunge on in. Then, once I'm in there I can issue an invitation, "Come on in the water's fine."


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PATHWAYS OF LIGHT
ACIM WORKBOOK LESSON
HEALING PERSPECTIVES
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Lesson 310:
"In fearlessness and love I spend today."
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Love and fear cannot coexist. When I accept Love into my heart, fear is gone. The Love of God has no conditions or limits. It is given equally to all. There are no reservations. There is no Love held back in reserve in case some extra may be needed sometime, because Love is limitless.

The ego thinks in terms of limitation. It cannot conceive of giving everything away, because to the ego, this means loss. But to Love, giving all of Itself away brings joy, because Love gives only to Love, for only Love is real.

In Love, giving and receiving are the same. In the ego, giving is loss and receiving is gain. But they are never the same. Receiving Love into my heart makes me fearless. I am fearless because I have recognized that within me is the Source of all strength, which unites me with everything that is. With nothing outside me, there is nothing to fear. This fearlessness does not come from having mightier weapons or great physical strength. It does not come with believing I have power to overcome all my enemies. This fearlessness comes from recognizing I have no enemies, for everything that is, is one with me in Love.

Today I ask the Holy Spirit to help me see the Love in all my brothers that unites me with them and them with me. I ask for help in seeing past form to the heart of Love that lies in all things. I see this through forgiveness, through letting go of the past, through letting go of false images that make it look as though I am separate. With Holy Spirit's help I will look upon a forgiven world and welcome Love into my heart.


The two sentences that stand out to me today in this lesson are, "We spend this day together, you and I," (2:1) and "There is no room in us for fear today, for we have welcomed love into our hearts." (2:4) Jesus is asking me to join with him in giving Love welcome. So my job today is to join with Jesus in remembering Love. When I open my mind to Jesus, he reminds me that only Love is real and that anything else is illusion. When I am willing to remember that only Love is real, fear is impossible. There is no need for defense, no need for attack, no need to look for differences, no need to be afraid.

Love is sharing all with all. Love is sharing one Identity. Today I welcome seeing one Identity. Today I practice welcoming Love as it really is. There is no specialness in Love and there is no specialness in me or any form found in this world. Today I would let myself be carried by Love and remember that Love is all that is true and real. In fearlessness and Love I spend today.


Most Holy Spirit, my Heavenly Divine Guidance, please help me remember that today I would spend with my Father and in so doing, I will not be afraid to love or be loved. And if I should stray, Holy Spirit, help me remember that it is just an opportunity for me to heal and be set free, which is my Father's will for me. Amen

This is today's lesson sent to me by Pathways of Light. I call this synchronicity. Love and fear mentioned in the same lesson that seems to be along the same lines as my thoughts on the saying from my perpetual calendar. Add to that that today is Pentacostal Sunday. The priest spoke on some of these very things. Wow!

Now if only I can extend this into my classroom with my assistants...