January-March, 2004
A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 332 was a good one for me. I had decorated a wicker pumpkin for the Thanksgiving holiday and took it to work. I put it on the front desk as a decoration, with the intention of taking it back home when the holiday was over. With all the flowers and other stuff I put into it, not to mention my time and effort, it turned out to be costly.
When I came into work the morning I was working with Lesson 332, I saw the pumpkin was missing. Someone had apparently stolen it. Initially, I was angry and hurt that someone would do that. I’ve got a lot of spirit when it comes to holidays and I had thought of bringing in Christmas things to decorate. But right away, I began to think “I won’t ever bring in anything else again. How can some people can be so thoughtless and inconsiderate. I don’t know why I bother, etc., etc.”
This is the sort of situation that I can dwell on over and over in my mind. These resentments can control me and rule the type of day I will have. But with the practice of these lessons, I’ve learned to turn my anger, my fear, my judgements, over to the Holy Spirit and ask Him to help me to see things differently. I don’t know who took my decoration, but somehow, it doesn’t matter to me anymore. I’m learning to value my peace and serenity.
My priorities are changing and today I choose to experience God’s peace instead of dwelling of my fears that show up in anger, distrust and resentment. Fear truly does bind the world and I can experience how forgiveness sets it free because today, right now, I am at peace. Thank you Holy Spirit.
Stella Romero is a Pathways of Light student living in Arlington, Texas.
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