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Lesson 66
My happiness and my function are one.
I remember when I first started reading A Course in Miracles back in 1992, I was filled with HOPE. I was hopeful that transformation was possible for me. Back then my life was anything but happy. Back then life was all about keeping up appearances and rushing from one event to the next event. Back then I was filled with fear. I was fearful that my boyfriend would get bored with me and leave me (which he did eventually 4 years later), that I would lose my job (which I did eventually 8 years later), that I would lose my apartment (which I did eventually, with the breakup of my boyfriend). Etc.
But here is what I noticed later: I LIVED IN FEAR OF ALL THOSE THINGS COMING TO PASS EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE.
I lived in fear for 8 years that I would lose my job. Losing my job was one event in time that, interestingly enough, when it finally came to pass WASN’T SCARY AT ALL! LOL. But I lived in fear for 8 years in anticipation of that moment arriving.
So, today’s most important lesson, in my opinion, is contained in the first sentence: “Surely you have noticed…”
That to me is the most important part of this lesson.
SURELY YOU HAVE NOTICED.
Most people’s problems is the fact THAT THEY HAVEN’T NOTICED. I didn’t notice that I lived in fear for 8 years of future events. I didn’t notice. It was just my “normal” state of being. I thought everyone lived in fear. I thought you were supposed to plan just in case something bad happened. I thought you were supposed to have insurance and a back-up plan just in case the current plan failed.
Today’s lesson is telling you - in black and white again - that your function is happiness.
God gives you only happiness.
He has given your function to you.
Therefore your function must be happiness.
So the question is: ARE YOU HAPPY?
ARE YOU CONSISTENTLY HAPPY?
By now, on the 66th day, these lessons should be showing you results of joy and peace. If you are still waiting for the miracle to arrive, something has gone wrong, and I want you to write to me:
lisa_natoli@yahoo.com
If you are not supremely happy, something has gone wrong. I mean it, I want you to write to me if you are still filled with grievances and depression: lisa_natoli@yahoo.com
You should be experiencing the result of consistent happiness by now, on the 66th day.
Please, I don’t want you to get lazy with these lessons. One huge tendency for people is to constantly think that the “miracle is coming. It’s on it’s way.”
NO, NO, NO. The miracle is NOT coming. It is here now. It’s all around you … Do you see it?
If you are waiting for something to happen or waiting for your life to begin, you are way out in left field while the rest of the team has already gone to go get pizza and celebrate their win. If you are still waiting for a miracle or waiting for something exciting to happen, then you missed the bus
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It passed you by. Thankfully, there is another bus on the way, but please …. stay alert so that the next bus doesn’t drive right by you also. Don’t wander off.
There are a thousand miracles in this very moment just waiting for your recognition. You might not realize it - but you have everything now.
Today, I want you to be honest with yourself: IS A COURSE IN MIRACLES WORKING FOR YOU?
Are you seeing a change in your life?
Have you relationships become more harmonious?
Are you experiencing things flowing more easily?
Do you wake up happy and excited to have a function given to you by God?
Is every day a joyous adventure?
Do you have the ability to see things differently as they occur?
A lot of times what happens is that miracles are coming at you from all directions - people inviting you to visit, an email that a friend sends, a phone call, a small child smiling at you, a dog waiting to be pet, someone asking for your help - but because you are so preoccupied waiting for “the miracle” to arrive that you miss the fact it did arrive!
A thousand miracles will come to you today, are you noticing them? A thousand miracles come to you every day, do you notice them? Or are you waiting for the sky to open, for the grand miracle to arrive? If so, you’re wasting your time and you’ll be waiting forever.
This moment, right now, right here, is what everything is. This moment contains every gift. At some point, you really must ask yourself these questions. At some point “YOU WILL HAVE SURELY NOTICED” that you spend almost all your days and hours WAITING. I want you to see this. I want you to be honest. I want you to start looking at where you are holding back.
And the next question is: Are you practicing these workbook lessons? Are you just skimming through them? Or are you setting aside time each day to really sit down with A Course in Miracles and read the lesson from start to finish, sentence by sentence, and practicing the 10-15 minute practice periods. Practicing makes a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE difference.
Your function is established by God.
Your happiness and function are one.
