We thank our Father for one thing alone; that we are separate from no living thing, and therefore one with Him. ²And we rejoice that no exceptions ever can be made which would reduce our wholeness, nor impair or change our function to complete the One Who is Himself completion. ³We give thanks for every living thing, for otherwise we offer thanks for nothing, and we fail to recognize the gifts of God to us.
Then let our brothers lean their tired heads against our shoulders as they rest a while. ²We offer thanks for them. ³For if we can direct them to the peace that we would find, the way is opening at last to us. ⁴An ancient door is swinging free again; a long forgotten Word re-echoes in our memory, and gathers clarity as we are willing once again to hear.
Walk, then, in gratitude the way of love. ²For hatred is forgotten when we lay comparisons aside. ³What more remains as obstacles to peace? ⁴The fear of God is now undone at last, and we forgive without comparing. ⁵Thus we cannot choose to overlook some things, and yet retain some other things still locked away as “sins.” ⁶When your forgiveness is complete you will have total gratitude, for you will see that everything has earned the right to love by being loving, even as your Self.
⁶For love can walk no road except the way of gratitude, and thus we go who walk the way to God. (A Course in Miracles, W-195.6:1–8:6;10:6. See also ACIM Lesson 195 Insights.)
Gratitude is natural when we join with the Love that is the Reality in which we live. We are grateful for the quiet peace that cannot be disturbed when we dwell in Love. We are grateful for the joy of extending Love and experiencing Love’s flow through our Being. This is the experience of the Life we live in God.
This gratitude is blocked when we think we are a unique and different self. It only seems real by comparing our self with others, who seem to be different. Joy cannot be fully experience when we are seeing differences. The flow of Love only occurs from Love to Love. There are no differences in Love’s oneness.
We walk the path of gratitude when we forgive the appearance of differences to see our oneness with our brothers, joined in Love. We ask the Holy Spirit for His help to see past appearances to the Love in which we live. As we accept His help, we will walk in gratitude knowing our Identity is Love.
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