Only by fulfilling the function given you by God will you be happy. That is because your function is to be happy by using the means by which happiness becomes inevitable. There is no other way. Therefore, every time you choose whether or not to fulfill your function, you are really choosing whether or not to be happy.
Today, then, let us practice with these thoughts:
Let me not forget my function.
Let me not try to substitute mine for God’s.
Let me forgive and be happy. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 64, W-pI.64.4,6:1-4. See also ACIM Lesson 64 Insights.)
We all have the means to be happy right now. We choose happiness by choosing to let go of believing that we are separate from God’s Love. We have convinced ourselves that we are a separate identity, housed in a body and separate from all other identities. This is a self deception, a lie. Yet belief in it makes a world of separate bodies seem very real.
Fortunately we have the Voice for God in our minds, available to us in every instant. We choose to accept our function when we choose to let go of our own interpretations and let Holy Spirit replace them with His vision. The Holy Spirit, our true Self, sees past appearances to the only thing that is real — Love.
As we accept His vision we choose happiness, for happiness is an attribute of Love. Because Love is changeless and eternal, this happiness is eternal. Changing appearances have no effect on the happiness that we experience when we accept the Love we are.
Today’s practice is to choose the Holy Spirit’s guidance moment by moment.
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