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You can clear the land, plow the field, spread the fertilizer and plant the corn. But you cannot make it rain. You cannot prevent an early frost. You cannot determine exactly what will happen in your life. The rain may or may not fall, but one thing is certain: you will get a harvest only if you planted something in the field.It's important to do everything in our power to ensure our success, but we also need to let the universe take its course. Getting mad won't help. Dwelling on a situation only takes energy away from us, while yielding few positive results.The Serenity Prayer comes to mind. It begins: "God Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change."Clear the land, plow the field, plant the crop, and then let go. Things will work out, sometimes the way we want them to, sometimes not. But they will work out. Sometimes all you can do is shrug your shoulders, smile, and say whatever. Thy will, not mine, be done.God, help me take guided action, then surrender to your will. Help me remember that true power comes from aligning my will, intentions, and desires with you.Melody Beattie

When we're facing challenges, the ego is very seductive in trying to get us to think thoughts about "look what's happening to me." It is our spiritual work to keep returning again and again to God and asking, "Is my heart clear? Can I see this with love? I want to go through this with God's presence." And over time, Spirit can make any mess into a miracle.Mary Manin Morrissey

AA Thought for the Day / We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed. / AA, p. 25
"Be still. Be still. Be still. God in the midst of you is substance. God in the midst of you is love. God in the midst of you is wisdom. Let not your thoughts be given to lack, but let wisdom fill them with the substance and faith of God. Let not your heart be a center of resentment and fear and doubt. Be still and know that at this moment it is the altar of God, of love; love so sure and unfailing, love so irresistible and magnetic that it draws your supply to you from the great store-house of the universe. Trust God, use God's wisdom, prove and express God's love." Myrtle Fillmore

When we come out of a dark room into a bright sunshiny day, we have to shield our eyes until they adjust to the light. Spirit is like that light. You move toward Spirit, but you can only go as far as you can endure its brightness and fill yourself with that brightness so you can then move on to the next level of brightness.John-Roger

The topic of relationships is a complex and fascinating subject, which I can only begin to touch on. Still, if you grasp the basic idea of how our relationships show us the next steps we need to take in our personal growth, you can begin to use your relationships as powerful guides on your path to true prosperity.
Shakti GawainSometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.Winnie-the-Pooh