There ar e no limits to the blessings I receive when I speak with  love
and gen tleness. May I not be tempted today to choose fear or anger as
the m ode through which I expre ss myself. Rather , may I remem ber that
to do so is to sabotage my good. Dear God ,
Please make of me
An instrument of Y our peace. May my wor ds r eveal Y our tenderness
And my heart expr ess Y our love. Amen.DA Y 154
E v e r y  s i t u a t i o n  i s  a  l e s s o n  t h a t  G o d  w o u l d  h a v e  m e
l e a r n . E very situation is a lesson to be learned—a lesson in being a kinder
person, in becoming more excellent, in lifting my circumstances higher . May I see every thing that occurs today as an opportunity to step up my
game. In t his way I will know the joy of spiritual growth. May every
encounter be a holy one, every circumstance be a platform for a miracle
for mys elf and others, and everything I do today be a glorifi cation of
God. Dear God ,
I give this day to Y ou. May it serve Y our purposes
And incr ease Y our good
In the world. May every situation in which I find myself
T ake me closer to Y ou ,
And thus to who I r eally am. Amen.DA Y 155
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O n  t h e  L i m i t l e s s n e s s  o f  G o d
T o God, every moment is a new beginning. And God is held back by
nothing. God would never say ,  “I could help you, but you m essed up
badly so  I don’ t want to.” Neith er does He say , “I could give yo u a great
life, but your parents were dysfunctional so my hands are tied.”
Limitations do not stand before the limitlessness of God, and it is the
limits to our fait h, not the limits of our circumstances, that keep us from
experiencing miracles. Every situation provides us the chanc e to live
with bro ader , more audacious hope and faith that all things are possible. God is bigger than any limited circumstance in our past; God is bigger
than any  limitation that the world is showing us now . Limitations exist
only as a challenge to us to mat ure spiritually , as we realize that through
the grace of God we are bigger than they are. Bigger than financial lack? Y es , because in God you are infinitely
abundant. Bigger than sickness ? Y es, because in God you are in total
good health. Bigger than terrori sm? Y es, because in God we are infinite
love, and love is the one and  only force that hate and fear cannot
withstand. Ther e is no order of dif ficulty in miracles. If enough of us
pray eac h morn ing, asking God to send His spirit into the glo bal mess
we’ve cr eated and make all things right, surrendering our own ideas and
asking for His instead—all our problems will begin to dissolve.DA Y 156
T o d a y  I  e m p t y  m y  m i n d  a n d  a s k  G o d  t o  f i l l  i t  w i t h
H i s  t h o u g h t s . E nlightenment is  not learning b ut unlearning. T oday I release my
attachment to the filters through which I view the world. I accept instead
that the only true filter is love. All that the world has taught me, I surrender to God. May His spirit
purify al l my thoughts, and release me from the guilt that domi nates the
mortal plane. May I only see innocence in myself and others, and may all
else fall away from me. Dear God ,
I surr ender all thoughts of guilt. I pray instead to see only innocence
In myself and others. May my mind be an empty container
T o be filled by Y ou and Y ou alone. Amen.DA Y 157
T o d a y  I  s u r r e n d e r  m y  w e a k n e s s e s  a n d  p r a y  t h a t
t h e y  b e  h e a l e d . I  am aware of m y character defects today . I know God is mercif ul, and
wills tha t they be removed not th rough suf fering but through joy . T oday I
pray to be shown a better way to live, that my wounds might be healed
and my defects removed. I acc ept responsibility for looki ng clearly and honestly at who I am
and what I do. I know God wa lks with me through this thorny path of
self-discovery . He does not guide me to suf fering but to release from
suf fering, as He shows me the lo ve I have hidden before and teaches me
how to express it. Dear God ,
I r elease to Y ou my weaknesses and wounds ,
My fears and defects. Please r emove them all ,
That I might be a pur e expr ession
Of who Y ou cr eated me to be. Amen.DA Y 158
I  c h o o s e  t o  b e  a  m i r a c l e - w o r k e r  t o d a y . W hen centered in an attitude of b lessing, I am an automatic mir acle-
worker . A palpably more positive atmosphere prevails when I reach for
the h ighest within myself. I will try with every thought to emb race love
instead of fear . Others w ill feel ener gized and uplifted along with me, as I rise to the
holiness within myself today . When tempted to judge, I will withhold my
judgment. When tempted to attack, I will lay down my sword. When
tempted to display the ener gies of my lower mind, I will choose instead
to display my truth. And thus miracles will occur . Dear God ,
Help me today
T o choose love over fear ,
That I might work miracles
For myself and others. Wher e I am tempted
T o attack or defend ,
Please guide my mind
T o a gentler place. Amen.DA Y 159
M a y  m y  r e l a t i o n s h i p s  s e r v e  G o d ’ s  p u r p o s e s . R elationships are laboratories of the spirit, or playgrounds for the ego. They can be heaven or they can be hell. They are infused with  love or
infused with fear . Which they are for me is my choice. My ego would use relationships to serve my needs as I define them,
as it tries always to compensa te for what I think I lack. In truth, the
purpose of my relationships is that I and another experience maximal
growth and joy . Such are the purposes of God. Dear God ,
I place my r elationship with ________
In Y our hands. May my pr esence be a blessing on their lives ,
And may they be a blessing on mine. May my thoughts towar d them be those of innocence and love ,
And may theirs towar d me be the same. Amen.DA Y 160
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O n  t h e  M e a n i n g  o f  L i f e
W hen we were bo rn, we were prog rammed perfectly . W e had a na tural
tendency to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and
flourishing, and  we knew how  to use them. W e were connected to a
world much richer than the one we connect to now , a world full of
enchantment and a sense of the miraculous. So w hat happened? Why is it th at we reached a certain age, looked
around, and the enchantment was gone? Because we were taught to focus elsewhere. W e were taught to think
unnaturally . W e were taught a very bad philosophy , a way of lo oking at
the world that contradicts who we are. W e were taught that we’re
separate from other people, that we have to compete to get ahead, that
we’re no t quite good enough th e way we are. W e were taught t o see the
world th e way that others had come to see it. It’ s as though, as soon as
we got here, we were given a s leeping pill. The thinking of the world,
which is not based on love, began pounding in our ears. Love is what we  were born with . Fear is what we have learned here. The spiritual journey is the relinquishment—or unlearning—of fear and
the acce ptance of love back into our hearts. Love is the essential
existential fact. T o be consciously aware of it, to experience love in
ourselves and others, is the meaning and the purpose of our lives.DA Y 161
I  p l a c e  m y  r e l a t i o n s h i p s  o n  t h e  a l t a r  t o  G o d . T he ego speaks fi rst and the ego speaks loudest. It will always ma ke the
case for  separation: someone did this or that and therefore does not
deserve my love. In any moment I listen to the ego—denying love to
another—then to  that extent I will be denied. I pray for a power greater
than my own to  push back the storm of my neurotic thinking. What I
place on the altar to God is then altered within my mind. My rela tionships are part of a divine curriculum designed for m e by
God. I invite His spirit to enter my mind, that my thoughts might be
guided to innocence and love a nd not stray to defense or attack. In that
way , my relationships will be blessed and their potential for love
fulfilled. Dear God ,
May my r elationships be lifted
T o divine right or der
And take the form
That best serves Y our purposes. May all unfold ,
W ithin me and the r elationship ,
Accor ding to Y our will. Amen.DA Y 162
I n  g i v i n g  t o  o t h e r s ,  I  g i v e  t o  m y s e l f . I n th e spiritual universe, we o nly keep what we give away . Many
thoughts that masquerade as self-interest are actually thoughts  of self-
sabotage. When  I think about myself at the expense of others, I am
subconsciously seeking to deny myself. Surrendering to the ways of God is not an act of self-sacrifice , but
rather the opposite. For in withh olding from God, withholding my love, I
am sacrificing a life of spiritu al abundance and emotional freedom. T oday I give my love to others, that I might feel more loved myself. Dear God ,
May I not be tempted
T o withhold my love. In surr endering to love ,
I surr ender to the for ce
That wishes for me my gr eatest good. The ego speaks, but the ego lies. May love dr own out its voice today . Amen.DA Y 163
M a y  I  n o t  b e  l o s t  i n  a  m e a n i n g l e s s  w o r l d ,  b u t  f i n d
m y s e l f  i n  t h e  l o v e  o f  G o d . T he meaningless thoughts that dominate the world infect my
consciousness when I allow them to, dragging me down into the
bottomless well s of anxiety and  despair . W e are not left alone in such
painful p laces, for God has sent His spirit to save us from the darkness of
the mortal world. T oday I rememb er that pain is not real, but the product of illu sions
created by meaningless thought s. I pray for God to guide my thoughts
beyond fear , to the love within His Mind and mine. Dear God ,
Reach out Y our hand to me
In my despair ,
That I not sink into
The hell of my own making. Show me who I r eally am ,
That I might rise
Above the illusions
Of my fearful mind. Deliver me to love. Amen.DA Y 164
I  d o n ’ t  a s k  G o d  t o  c h a n g e  m y  c i r c u m s t a n c e s ,  b u t  t o
c h a n g e  w h o  I  a m  w i t h i n  t h e m . W e’re all assigned a piece of the garden, a corner of the universe that is
ours to transform. My corner of the universe is my own life—my
relationships, my home, my work, my circumstances—exactly as they
are. I d on’ t ask God to change my ci rcumstances, but to change who I am
within th em. May I tend every part of my garden with love, tha t it might
grow to be the m ost beautiful manifestation of all that is good, holy , and
true. Dear God ,
Make me the person
Y ou would have me be ,
That I might do what Y ou would have me do. Make of my life the most beautiful thing
By r eminding me who I am. Amen.DA Y 165
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O n  R e c l a i m i n g  t h e  K n o w l e d g e  o f  t h e  H e a r t
M eaning d oesn’ t lie in things. Meaning lies in us. When we a ttach
value to things that aren’ t love—the money , the car , the ho use, the
prestige—we are  loving things that can’ t love us back. W e are searching
for meaning in the meaningless. Money , of itself, means nothing. Material things,  of themselves, mean nothing. It’ s not that the y’re bad. It’ s that they’re nothing. W e came here to co-create with  God by extending love. Life spent
with any  other purpose in mind  is meaningless, contrary to our nature,
and ultim ately p ainful. It’ s as th ough we’ve been lost in a dark, parallel
universe where things are loved more than people. W e overvalue what
we p erceive with our physical s enses, and undervalue what we know to
be tr ue in our hearts. It’ s time to reclaim the knowledge of our hearts,
that the world might be set free.DA Y 166
M y  l i f e  i s  m a d e  n e w  t o d a y . T oday I stand for radical change, within myself and in my lif e. My
future is  reprog rammed in this very moment as I allow God’ s spirit to
enter here. Nothing is needed in order for th is to happen, except the free flow of
love from my heart. T oday I pray for a miracle. I shall allow it to happen, and not resist it. I am  open to a new beginning, a life unlike the past. My relationships
shall be made new . My career shall be made new . My body  shall be
made ne w , and my mind shall  be made new . Not later but now , not
elsewhere but here, not through pain but through peace. And so be it. Dear God ,
I affirm with all my heart
That in Y ou
All things ar e made new . May my mind and body ,
Relationships and attitudes ,
Reflect the alchemy of Y our miraculous power
In me and all beings. And so it is. Amen.DA Y 167
I  l e t  g o  m y  g r i e v a n c e s ,  t h a t  I  m i g h t  h a v e  a  m i r a c l e
i n s t e a d . A ny guilt I see in another will blind me to my own perfection. T oday
may I see the in nocence and love in others, even when they’ve presented
to me the darkness of their e gos. May I be released from my own
darkness, as I stand willing to see past theirs. Those w e need to for give are our most important teachers, for they
indicate the limits to our capacity for for giveness. Where th ere is a
grievance, there cannot be a mir acle. T oday I let go my grievances that I
might have a miracle instead. Dear God ,
I give to you
My grievances ,
That I might have a miracle. May I be r eleased fr om my own guilt
As I r elease others fr om theirs. May I see the innocence beyond the mistakes
In my br other and in myself. Amen.DA Y 168
N o w  i s  t h e  i n s t a n t  o f  m y  s a l v a t i o n . T he only thing to be saved from is my own neurotic thinking, and
salvation is found in any momen t when I rise above it to embra ce God’ s
love. Ev ery instant, I have a chance to change both past and future by
reprogramming the present. I dedicate today to the miracle of living fully
in the present. May I remembe r each instant today that I am on this earth for one
reason only: to love and be loved. May every thought be illumined by the
remembrance of my cosmic function, and my behavior be guid ed by its
wisdom. Dear God ,
May my mind not be clouded today
By confusing thoughts that lead me nowher e ,
Unimportant things that block the truth ,
Or fears that hide my love. Every instant, may Y our spirit r emind me
Of who I am, who others ar e ,
And why we all ar e her e.
Amen.DA Y 169
I  a m  w i l l i n g  t o  e n d u r e  t h e  d i s c o m f o r t  o f  s e l f -
d i s c o v e r y ,  i n  o r d e r  t h a t  I  b e  h e a l e d . A s I ask God to heal my life, He shines a light on everything I need to
look at. I see things about myself that perhaps I’d rather not see. Like
everyone, I have armor that has accumulated in front of my heart—often
masquerading as something else. I am  willing to face the truth ab out myself and all the games I play ,
for I know God  goes with me— not to punish me but to heal me. I am
willing t o endur e the sharp pains  of self-discovery , in order to release the
dull pain  of unconsciousness tha t could otherwise last for the rest of my
life. Dear God ,
I surr ender to Y ou
My fear and my r esistance to finding out who I r eally am. I am willing to understand myself ,
That I might serve Y ou mor e.
Please send Y our angels to accompany me
As I journey thr ough the jungle of my fears
T o the meadows of peace beyond. Amen.DA Y 170
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O n  R e c l a i m i n g  O u r  P o w e r
L ove req uires a dif ferent kind of “seeing” than we’re used to—a
dif ferent kind of knowing or thinking. Love is the intuitive knowledge of
our hear ts. It’ s a “world beyond” that we all secretly long for . An ancient
memory of this love haunts all of us all the time, and beckons us to
return. W e want to retu rn, because we want our power back. Love pro vides
us with a “secon d sight,” an ability to discern the meaning of th ings that
lies beyond facts alone. It gives us a greater astuteness regarding human
personalities, an d a deeper understanding of events beyond their surface
appearance. Love doesn’ t mean we give up a power; love is how we
reclaim it.DA Y 171
T o d a y  I  a c c e p t  t h a t  I  a m  w h o l e  a n d  c o m p l e t e . W hile I know tha t God created m e perfect, I do not always feel that
way . I know my sense of self is  fractured, and I am willing to be healed. T oday I accept m yself as God created me, so I might experience the truth
of who I really am. In p laces where I doubt myself, or feel insecure, or feel in whatever
way that I am not enough, I ask God’ s healing of my self-perception. May I be lifted above the fals e sense of self that would lead me to
conclude that I am less than who I am. May I remember that as a child of
God, I am whole and complete and shall remain that way forever . Dear God ,
Please heal my fractur ed sense of self. I am pr one to feeling flawed ,
Not good enough ,
Or otherwise less than you cr eated me to be. I need a miracle to set me fr ee
Of my false beliefs about myself. Thank you, God. Amen.DA Y 172
I  w i l l  r e m e m b e r  t o d a y  t h a t  u l t i m a t e  r e a l i t y  i s
a l w a y s  p e r f e c t . B ehind gray clouds there is always blue sky; behind the veil of illusions
that dominate the world there is always the truth of eternal love. That
which is  eternal is the truth of who we are—changeless, loving, and
immortal. I will not be swa yed today by the appearances of the world. I will not
be tempted into ultimate despair . For I remember that the suf fering of the
world is  a product of our collec tive madness, and God has pro mised to
heal us. I surren der my mind for  healing today , that I might be part of the
mass awakening that is lifting all of us out of our nightmares. Dear God ,
May I not be tempted today
T o believe in the illusions
Of suffering and loss. May I rather see thr ough them to the possibilities for healing
And be used by Y ou to bring the healing forth. And so it is. Amen.DA Y 173
M y  d i s a p p o i n t m e n t s  a r e  b u t  t e m p o r a r y  s e t b a c k s . A t any  tim e there  might be an occurrence in which mistakes occur and
sorrow results. Y et for any wron g turn there is an automatic recalibration
within the Mind of God. I need  only be patient and wait for a perfect
universe to make right again any paths that have gone wrong. I w ill not allow my emotions to day to fall into the valley of defeat
because of a te mporary setback. And all setbacks are temporary . My
salvation lies not in an immed iate change of circumstance, but in my
ability to remain positive and optimistic during times of duress. God is
the a nswer to ev ery problem the moment the problem occurs, and I await
cheerfully the miracle that is always on its way . Dear God ,
I surr ender to Y ou
A situation that disappoints ,
And pray to be shown any aspects of my thinking
That helped cause my sorr ow . Undo the consequences of any false beliefs
That put the universe at odds with my joy ,
That thus I may be happy again. Amen.DA Y 174
I  r e j o i c e  i n  a l l  t h a t  i s  g o o d . T oday I will not f ail to notice the miracles of life unfolding around me. From be auties o f nature to the gentle power of for giveness, I  stand in
awe before the creations of God. Whenever my mind focuses on a problem in the world, I will still
remember that babies continue t o be born, people continue to fall in love,
for giveness still  works miracles, and where there is love there i s always
hope. I consciou sly recognize today all the amazing gifts of life. I will
try to be conscious of even the tiniest demonstrations of the miracle of
life. Dear God ,
May my eyes be opened wider today ,
That I might see mor e
Of Y our awesome cr eation. May I not be tempted to focus elsewher e
Than on the truth of Y ou. Even when I bear witness to that which is wr ong ,
May I r emember that in Y ou ther e is always a way
T o make things right. And so it is. Amen.DA Y 175
FOR REFLECTION
O n  I n v o k i n g  L o v e
P eople who are al ways telling us what’ s wrong with us don’ t help us so
much as  they paralyze us with shame and guilt. People who a ccept us
help us to feel g ood about ourselves, to relax, to find our way . A ccepting
another person doesn’ t mean we never share constructive suggestions. But like  everything else, our b ehavior is not so much the issue as the
ener gy it carries. If I’m criticiz ing someone in order to chan ge them,
that’ s my ego talking. If I’ve prayed and asked God to heal me of my
judgment, howe ver , and then I’m still led to communicate somet hing, the
style of my sharing will be one of love instead of fear . It won’ t carry the
ener gy of attack, but rather of su pport. Behavioral change is not enough. Covering an attack with sugary  icing, with a sweet tone of voice, or
therapeutic jar gon, is not a miracle. A miracle is an authentic switch
from fea r to love. When we spe ak from the ego, we will invoke the ego
in others. When we speak from love, we will invoke their love.DA Y 176
I  b l e s s  a l l  t h e  c h i l d r e n  i n  t h e  w o r l d  t o d a y . I  take this day to recognize the beauty of children and our responsibility
toward t hem. Th eir beauty , their sweetness, their vulnerability , their love
—may their needs as well as their preciousness be foremost in my mind. May I not for ge t the relative powerlessness of children to repr esent
their needs as the world goes on around them. Those who have no
families to care for them, to nourish them, to love and sustain them are
the respo nsibility of all of us. May I never be blind to either the ir beauty
or their needs. Dear God ,
Please bless the childr en of the world. May their tender emanations
A waken the heart of all adults. May their needs be moved
T o the for efr ont of our consciousness
And the world r eorient itself ar ound them. Amen.DA Y 177
T o d a y  I  u s e  p r a y e r  t o  c a l l  f o r t h  m i r a c l e s  f o r
e v e r y o n e . A nyone I see today , I remember to silently bless him or her . Anywhere I
go, may my presence bring fort h love. I will silently pray today for the
happiness of everyone. I r emem ber tod ay that prayer is a force, a medium of mirac les, a
power b eyond w hat the world believes. I pray as a way of harnessing
God’ s lo ve and using it to work  miracles in the lives of others. As I do
so, I too shall be blessed. Dear God,
I pray for all beings in the world today . . . For the happiness of all ,
The peace of all ,
The healing of all. I pray to be a person
Who makes a differ ence somehow
And helps heal the world. Amen.DA Y 178
I  t r u s t  t h a t  G o d  h a s  a  p e r f e c t  p l a n . I  trust there is a perfect plan for the unfolding of my highes t good,
which my rational mind cannot perceive or formulate. God’ s plan works,
and mine does not. I cannot know how my part fits best into a lar ger plan
for t he healing of the world, but God does. My job today is merely to
open my mind and open my heart so that a higher consciousness can then
flow through me. I kn ow I am not alone in a random universe, but rather I’m held
safely in the arms of God. Dear God ,
I put my trust in Y ou ,
T o lay a path befor e me
Leading fr om darkness into light. In every moment that I am aligned with Y ou ,
Y our plan is at work in me. May I cleave to what is true ,
That the truth shall ever guide me. Amen.DA Y 179
T o d a y  I  w a l k  f o r w a r d  i n  t h e  c o n f i d e n c e  G o d
p r o v i d e s . I  do not n eed to create myself, or make myself worthy . For all o f us are
perfect creations  of God. I need only allow the light within me to shine
forth for others to see. I do not lack confidence, for I am confident in God who lives within
me. I am neithe r better nor wor se than anyone else, and in that lies my
freedom to love and be loved. I need neither to add nor to subtract fr om my essential being, for
whom G od has cr eated me to be is mor e than enough. I walk
forwar d today in perfect confidence that the holiness within m e,
cr eated by God, is the truth of my being and the light of the
universe.DA Y 180
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O n  C o m m u n i c a t i n g  w i t h  L o v e
M iracles a re created in an invisib le realm. The Holy Spirit improves
our s tyle. He tea ches us how to communicate from love instead of attack. Often people will say , “W ell, I told them. I really communicat ed!” But
communication is a two-way street. It only occurs if one person speaks,
and the other one can hear them . W e’ve all been in conversatio ns where
two people spoke and no o ne heard a thing. W e’ve also had
conversations where no one said anything and both people un derstood
everything perf ectly . In order to truly communicate, we must take
responsibility fo r the heart space  that exists between us and another . It is
that hea rt space, or the absenc e of it, which will determine whether
communication is miraculous or fearful.DA Y 181
I  s e e k  t o  b e  w h o  I  a m  c a p a b l e  o f  b e i n g ,  t h a t  I  m i g h t
d o  w h a t  I  a m  c a p a b l e  o f  d o i n g . D ivinely i nspired being precedes divinely inspired doing. I seek to be
today who God would have me be, that I might know—and be capable of
manifesting—that which He would have me do. As I make the focus of my attention the enlar ging of my compassion
and the honing of my gentle self, then all I am meant to do wil l proceed
from who I have chosen to be. My highest function is to be the person I
am capable of being, in order to do what I am capable of doing. T oday I call forth my highest mi ssion, by standing in the space of
my highest self. As I do so, the universe arranges itself to pave
the way for my h ighest performa nce in the world. I will naturally
attract all people, all ideas, an d all situations that make it so. Amen.DA Y 182
M a y  m y  w o r k  b e c o m e  m y  m i n i s t r y . I  change the purpose of my work today from a job to a ministry . A job is
merely an exchange of ener gy , while a ministry is the platform for my
highest service. It is the place from which I serve. I am not on earth just
to do a job; I am on earth to fulfill the spiritual mission of becoming
God’ s light and love on earth. Whatever I do, I can do with an  attitude of service. Whatever I  do, I
can do as a way to serve the world. As I dedicate my work to higher
purposes, my work shall be lifted, transformed—and even exchanged for
other wo rk, if necessary—to ser ve God’ s plan to use my talents for His
sake. Dear God ,
I surr ender
My talents and abilities
For the purposes of love. May my work become my ministry ,
And all I have and do be used by Y ou. Thus shall I experience the joy
Of knowing
That what I do is for a higher cause
Than my mortal mind can know . Amen.DA Y 183
T o d a y  m y  p a t h  u n f o l d s  b e f o r e  m e . A s I becom e who I am meant to be, what I am meant to do will fa ll like
a path of rose petals before me. I may not feel I know what my path is,
but God does. H e knows how my talents and abilities can best fit into
His plan  for the enlightenment and healing of all things. What talents I
have, H e will glorify as I use t hem to glorify Him. And talent s I don’ t
even know that I have, that lie latent within me, will eme r ge as I
surrender more deeply to love. T alents that lie latent within me will arise as I surrender my heart. They will take form as I begin to view everything I do as a way to serve
God and to serve the world. Dear God ,
Please pave another path befor e me
Than the one that I have tr ead. As I change my mind ,
Please change my futur e.
Fill my mind with love ,
That only love might lie ahead. Amen.DA Y 184
T o d a y  I  f i n d  m y  c a l l i n g . A  c alling  is an or ganic field of ener gy emer ging from the d eepest
aspects of who I am. It is the fulfillment of what God has creat ed me to
be and do. App roaching my work as a job versus approachin g it as a
calling makes all the dif feren ce in whether or not I dwell in the
miraculous univ erse. I have a calling simply because I am alive. I have a
calling b ecause I am a child of G od. I have a calling because I’m on this
earth with a div ine purpose: to rise to the level of my highest creative
possibility , expressing all that I am intellectually , emotionally ,
psychologically , and physically in order to make the universe  a more
beautiful place. My calling is what I would do whether I were paid to do it or not. It
is w hat I  have to do  in order to  be happy . My calling connects me to my
deepest self, and to the rest of life around me. T oday may I find my
calling, if only in my heart. As I  hea r God’ s call within me, I answer with all my heart. Ou r
love will r esonate thr oughout the universe, and form the calling
of m y soul on earth. Gr eat power will emanate fr om this gr eate st
of loves. And so it is. Amen.DA Y 185
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O n  S e e i n g  W e  A r e  O n e
O ur n eeds are not separate, because all of us are one. What I think
about you, I will  think about myself. And what I see in myself, I will see
in y ou. Only by accepting our oneness, do we come to see our
dif ferences in the light of truth. On t he level of spirit, there is n o place where you stop and I start. Like wa ves in the ocean or sunbeams to the sun, there is no real
separation. Sepa ration does not actually exist, for there is only one of us
here. Th e though t of separation is the illusion at the core of all problems
in th e w orld. As I heal my own thoughts of separation, I contribute to its
healing everywhere.DA Y 186
T o d a y  I  c h o o s e  t o  l e a r n  f r o m  m y  f a i l u r e s . A  fail ure remains a failure only if I refuse to learn from it. Any
situation that teaches me greater humility , sobriety , wisdom about self
and others, responsibility , for giveness, depth of reflection, and better
decision makin g—teaching m e what’ s truly important—is not an
ultimate failure. Sometimes what I deem a failure at the time it happens
actually serves to foster a change within me that creates an eve n greater
success down the road. Great people are not those who h ave never fallen down. Great p eople
are those who, when they do fall down, dig deep within themselves and
find the strength to get back up. T oday may I be someone who r ises from
the past. Dear God ,
I feel that I have failed. I feel that all my efforts have come to naught. I feel shame at the way my life has turned out. Please, dear God, r epair my heart, heal my mind, and change my
life. Pave a way for me out of darkness into light. I atone for my err ors and I pray for for giveness. Please do for me what I cannot do. Thank you, God. Amen.DA Y 187
G o d  i s  c o n s t a n t l y  c r e a t i n g  t h r o u g h  m e . G od, as love, is constantly expa nding, flourishing, and creating new
patterns for the expression and attainment of joy . When my mind,
through focus on love, is an op en vessel through which God expresses,
my life become s a canvas for the expression of that joy . That is the
meaning of my life. It is why I am here. I wasn’ t just randomly thrown onto a sea of rocks. I have a mission—
to h elp save th e world through the power of love. The wor ld needs
healing desperat ely , like a bird with a broken wing. People know this,
and millions have prayed. God heard us. He sent help. He sent each and
every one of us to do His work on earth. T oday may I be a canvas on which God Himself can write, a
vessel thr ough which He can operate His miraculous authority on
earth. I open m yself to r eceive His power that it might the n
extend t hr ough me, as a blessing I r eceive and then a blessin g
that I give.DA Y 188
M a y  G o d  m a k e  e v e r y  d e c i s i o n  f o r  m e . B asing my decisions on the matters of the world should be balanced
with we ighing them against the matters of the heart. Once l egalities,
medical opinions, accounting, and other people’ s perspectives have been
factored into my thinking, I will  remember to place all ultimate decisions
in the hands of God. I know the most powerful way to make any decision
is to ask God to make it for me. Then I will know through the a uspices of my heart what my mind
alone could never discern. Spiritual forces will then move on my behalf. Dear God ,
Please make this decision for me. I do not see the futur e ,
But Y ou do. I do not know what’ s best for everyone ,
But Y ou do. I cannot make sense of this ,
But Y ou can. Dear God ,
Please decide this for me. Amen.DA Y 189
M a y  I  a c t u a l i z e  t h e  L i g h t  w i t h i n  m e . E veryone I meet, every situation I find myself in, represents a lesson
that wou ld lead me to the next step in the actualization of my true self. Everything that happens is part of a mysterious educational process in
which I’m subconsciously drawn to the people and situations that
constitute my next assignment. W ith every lesson I’m challenged to go
deeper , b ecome wiser and more loving. And whatever my next lesson is,
it awaits me wherever I go. God’ s w ork is the work of my g reater becoming, and I don’ t ha ve to
be some where else, or doing so mething else, in order to do it. Right in
front of me, on this very day , the re are things to do and thoughts to think
that represent a higher “poss ible me” than the one I have been
manifesting. In any given instant, there is more love I could express. T oday m ay I expand the boundaries of my capacity to love. May  I
be mor e  for giving, mor e mer ciful, mor e compassionate, an d
kinder . May others feel in my pr esence mor e permission to shine,
as the light of G od shines thr ough me to bless them and lift them
high.DA Y 190
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O n  S u c c e s s
S uccess means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and
abilities were used in a way that served others. W e’re compen sated by
grateful looks in people’ s eyes, w hatever material abundance supports us
in perfo rming joyfully and at h igh ener gy , and the magnificent feeling
that we did our bit today to save the world. Our work should spread love. Our store should spread love. Our
technology should spread love. Our business should spread love. Our life
should s pread lo ve. The key to  a successful career is realizing  that it’ s
not sepa rate from  the rest of our lives, but is rather an extension of our
most basic self. And our most basic self is love.DA Y 191
T o d a y  I  c h o o s e  t o  t h i n k  w i t h  l o v e . C rossing the bridge to a better world begins with crossing a bridge
inside m yself, from the addictive mental patterns of fear and separation,
to enlightened perceptions of unity and love. I have been trained by the
world to think fearfully , and today I choose to think with love. T o achi eve a miraculous experience of life, I embrace a more
spiritual perspective. Otherwise, I will die one day without eve r having
known t he real joy of living. I am committed today to seeing everyone
and ever ything as part of God’ s plan for me, and for them. May everyone
I see and everything I do be used by my higher mind as a lesson in love. May fear thus dissolve in my presence and lose its grip on my life. T oday I command fear to go bac k to the nothingness fr om whence
it came, as I embrace the love that alone casts it out of me. I
choose l ove, I embrace love, and I cleave to love. Though I know
I shall be tempted by fear , I als o know I shall be saved by Go d
and deliver ed to the peaceful shor es of love given and r eceived.DA Y 192
T h e  u n i v e r s e  i s  i n f i n i t e l y  a b u n d a n t ,  a n d  s o  a m  I . T he unive rse is infinitely abunda nt. As a child of the universe, I am
entitled to the m iracles that flow forth from it freely . Y et th ough the
orchard is filled, I must reach fo r its fruits. T oday I make myself miracle-
ready by recognizing I am entitled to the miracles of love. While the material world is a kingdom of lack, the spiritual universe
is infinitely abundant. As I identify with the spiritual kingdom, my mind
becomes a vessel through which I receive its riches. I am open today to
receiving the abundance that is part of who I am. T oday I r ecognize that I am entitled to the riches of the universe. I
am n ever denied abundance by God. His will is that I r eceive His
plenty , t hat I might then extend it into the lives of others. Lack
and struggle ar e not of God, and I am part of Him.DA Y 193
I  a m  c o n f i d e n t  i n  w h o  I  a m  b e c a u s e  I  k n o w  G o d
l i v e s  w i t h i n  m e . T he true me, my holy self, is beyond any limits of the mortal world. As
God live s inside me, so does His brilliance and infinite power . As I dwell
in that knowled ge, recognizing  and appreciating His divine s pirit that
resides in all of us, I receive the charisma of a self-confident person. Confident in God, I am confident as a person; seeing myself as God’ s
follower , I come across as a lead er in the world. I live within an invisible
light, a sense of humble certitude, and a greatness that comes from
beyond myself. God’ s gr eatness  lives within m e, cr eating ever -mor e-expansive
patterns of life and love. It sings to me, and I sing back, a
continuous song , fr om my heart to the universe and the universe
back to me.DA Y 194
E v e r y  e n c o u n t e r  i s  a  h o l y  e n c o u n t e r . M y goal today is to give and receive love, which is another wa y of
saying, “May God’ s will be done.” T oday I see every interaction as a
holy encounter , in which love is the true bottom line; may I be within
each encounter the best person I can be. I intend that every situation be one in which I express my truest, most
loving s elf. Wha t happens beyond that, I leave to the intelligence of the
universe. I’m not going anywher e to get anything, but to give m y all. I’m
not going into a n interview , for instance, to try to get a job; I’m going
there to do my job! Dear God ,
May my pr esence today ,
Wher ever I am ,
Be a blessing on all beings. May my expr ession, my wor ds and my actions
All align with Y our divine will. Amen.DA Y 195
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O n  C h a n g i n g  Y o u r  M i n d
I f yo u think of yourself as being at the ef fect of a random universe that
does not  care about you, then you will experience your life tha t way . If
you thin k of yourself as being at the ef fect of a loving universe that does
care about you, then you will experience your life that way . No m atter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to
think about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is o ften our
willingness to change our min ds. Despite what might seem to be the
saddest and most intractable situ ation, we have the power to believe that
something else is possible, that things can change, that a miracle can
happen. This gives us vision, w hich gives us conviction, which gives us
power .DA Y 196
I f  I  c o w e r  f r o m  m y  g r e a t n e s s ,  I  w i t h h o l d  f r o m  t h e
u n i v e r s e . U nlimited potenti al lies within me, waiting to be activated b y my
readiness to express it. Knowing this, I am a magnet for worldly success. As I  wor k from joy , the world w ill respond with joy . As I open m y heart,
the way will be made clear for me. Such owning of my power is an  af front to my ego. But I take a stand
for my greatness today , that the ego shall fall away . I wil l not be tempted by false humility today . Rather , I r emembe r
that it is humble, not arr ogant, to r eceive and expr ess the powe r
of God. The power of God is unlimited everywher e, including
within me.DA Y 197
I n  o r d e r  t o  g o  d e e p ,  I  m a k e  s u r e  I  g o  s l o w l y . W hen things in the world are troubling, my need is not to join in the
chaos but to cleave to the peace within. The way  to gain power in a world that is moving too fast is to learn
to slow down. The only way to spread one’ s influence wide is to learn to
go deep . The world I want for myself will not emer ge from e lectronic
speed but rather from a spiritual stillness that takes root in my soul. Then, an d only then, can I create a world that delights my spirit instead
of one that shatters it. Dear God ,
May I r emember to go deep in each moment ,
T o truly see and hear and r eflect
On what is happening all ar ound me. May the depth of my vision and the clarity of my per ceptions
Then deliver me
T o a peaceful place. Amen.DA Y 198
T o d a y  I  b l e s s  t h e  w o r l d . A s I wake up today , I bless the world. I pray to be a serv ant to
something holy and true. I breathe deeply and surrender myself to God’ s
plan for my life. I devote this day to miracles. W orking miracle s is the calling  of my soul, the call to leave behind
the t houghts of fear and replace them with the thoughts of love . Fear is
dying aw ay , in me and in the wo rld. And love is upon us all, if I allow it
within me. Love is tender but love is str ong. The meek shall inherit the earth
for one r eason only: their str ength will literally take the place
over . T oday may the meekness w ithin my soul become a powerf ul
for ce in my life.DA Y 199
T o d a y  I  m a k e  l o v e  m o r e  i m p o r t a n t  t h a n  t h i n g s . O ften I have gotten things that I th ought would make me happy , only to
find that they did not. This external searching—looking to anything other
than lov e to complete me and to be the source of my happiness—is the
meaning of idolatry . Money , sex, power , or any other worldly satisfaction
of fers mere temporary relief for minor existential pain. When I attach value to things that aren’ t love—the money , car ,
house, prestige— I am loving things that can’ t love me back. I am
searching for meaning in the meaningless. Material things, of
themselves, me an nothing. It’ s not that they’re bad; it’ s tha t they’re
nothing. T oday I will not  look to nothingness for an experience it canno t
give me . I look to love, to connection, to beauty , and t o
for giveness to satisfy my soul. As I do so, I will find ther e a peace
that the material world cannot bring. And fr om that place, I wi ll
dwell mor e peacefully in the world. I d etach fr om an y false beliefs that the material world is the
sour ce o f my good. I embrace in stead the understanding that it is
only in the discernment of meaning that I can find my solace. I
find inne r peace as I detach fr om the belief that the outer world is
my salvation.DA Y 200
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O n  E n l i g h t e n m e n t
Y ou are loved, and your purpose  is to love. From a mind filled with
infinite love comes the power to  create infinite possibilities. W e have the
power to  think in ways that refl ect and attract all the love in th e world. Such thinking is called enlighten ment. Enlightenment is not a pr ocess we
work toward, but a choice available to us in any instant. Enlightenment is the answer to every problem. In any situation where
you seem to be at the ef fect of forces over which you have no control,
remember that God dwells within your mind, and there are no forces
over which He has no control. Therefore, through His power wi thin you,
there are no mo rtal conditions over which you are powerless. W henever
your go od is obscured by the appearances of an unloving world, the
universe is programmed to lift you out of that condition and return you to
an abundant state.DA Y 201
T o d a y ,  h o w  I  d o  t h i n g s  i s  a s  i m p o r t a n t  a s  w h a t  I  d o . E verything I do is infused with the ener gy with which I do it. I know
that what I’m feeling is commu nicated subconsciously to everyone, and
every thought I think creates form in some way . T aking responsibility for my ener gy is as important as t aking
responsibility for my behavior , and today I will do that. I see k in any
situation to be a  blessing, a mira cle-worker , an expander of love. That is
my only goal, that I might experience true peace. Every thought, every feeling, every action has consequences
beyond what we can see. I pray today that the emanations of my
mind an d heart  be purified of fear and uplifted to the level of
divine right or der . May I thus be an instrument of peace.DA Y 202
I  a m  w i l l i n g  t o  l o o k  a t  w h a t  I  n e e d  t o  l o o k  a t . H aving asked God to heal my life, I know a light will shine on things
that I need to look at. I might see things about myself that I’d rather not
see, and today I commit to myself that I will not look away . Light cannot be poured over da rkness, but rather darkness must be
exposed to the light. Otherwise , it merely festers. I am willing for my
darkness to come to light, that I might surrender it to God and p ray it be
taken away . Dear God ,
I surr ender to Y ou
My darkness. Please pour forth Y our light upon it. May all I am be br ought to Y ou
And purified of fear . Amen.DA Y 203
T o d a y  I  c h o o s e  t o  s t a n d  o n  f a i t h . M y mind is never faithless, for fa ith is an aspect of consciousne ss. I
either have faith in the power o f fear , or faith in the power o f love. It
seems e asier at times to have more faith in the power of my problems
than fait h that they can be mira culously solved. T oday I choose faith in
love. Faith in a positive outcome doe sn’ t mean I’m denying a proble m; it
means merely that I’m af firming a solution. Where I put my faith
directly influences what happens next. Dear God ,
May I always r emember that Y our invisible power
Is at work in all things. May my faith in the r ealm beyond this world
Over come my fear and transform my thinking. May I thus invoke the evidence
That my faith was well placed in Y ou. Amen.DA Y 204
I  r e c o g n i z e  t h e  p o w e r  o f  p r a y e r . P rayer ch anges m y life by chan ging me . I t places me o n a dif ferent
ground o f being  within myself. It gives me confidence in a power that is
in me but not of me, that can do for me what I cannot do for m yself. It
keeps m e from sinking into victim consciousness—a stance that attracts
more vic timization—and lifts m e to positivity , that I might attract more
positive outcomes. I c ommi t to prayer this day as m y primary problem-solving method,
placing my thoughts about all things in the hands of God. I surrender my
mental f ilter in favor of God’ s, asking only to see through the  eyes of
love. I pray for happiness for myself and others. I pray to be an
instrument of peace. I pray for a gr eater capacity to for give. I
pray for the well-being of all. I pray that love pr evails. Amen.DA Y 205
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O n  D i v i n e  C o m p e n s a t i o n
A s an expression  of divine pe rfection, the universe is both self-
or ganizing and self-correcting. T o whatever extent your mind is aligned
with lov e, you will receive div ine compensation for any lack in your
material existence. From spi ritual substance will come material
manifestation. This is not just a theory; it is a fact. It is a law by which
the universe operates. I call it the law of divine compensation. Just as there are  objective, discernible laws of external phenom ena,
so there  are objective, discernible laws of internal phenomena. The law
of gravit y , for instance, is not just a “belief.” It is true whether o r not you
believe it. Spiritual laws are not  just beliefs, either; they are descriptions
of h ow consciousness operates. Once we know this law—that t here is a
natural tendency of the universe to improve all things—then we lean
naturally into the arms of God and allow Him to lift us up. W e s urrender
our thoughts, then He uplifts our thoughts, then our experiences change.DA Y 206
I  a m  m o r e  s e n s i t i v e  t o  t h e  p a i n  o f  o t h e r s  t o d a y . O ften we ignore the suf fering of others—not just those who cry out in
pain, but also those who suf fer silently around us. May I be more
sensitive today to those who co uld use a kinder word, an encouraging
embrace, a sensitive listener to their story . How cle ar we are that we ourselves are sensitive, while too e asily
for getting that so is everyone. T oday may I be a person who leads with
kindness, who listens well, and displays a generous heart. May everyone
I meet today be blessed by my presence. Dear God ,
T oday may I not for get
That I am only her e to love ,
T o heal the heart of the world ,
And to for give the illusions
Of myself and others. Make me an instrument
Of a gr eater good. Amen.DA Y 207
I  d o  n o t  s h r i n k  f r o m  t h e  p o w e r  G o d  g i v e s  m e . I  am on t his earth  to extend God’ s power , not shrink from it. For God is
the p ower of lo ve. In Him and  through Him, there is nothing I cannot
achieve. I am on the earth to seek His will for me and to carry out His
guidance. It is not my power , but His, th at moves through me as I surr ender
myself t o the authority of love. I pray to be used for higher purposes than
my o wn, and know I will be sent on tasks that only God could choose for
me. My path is blessed and my success guaranteed. Dear God ,
I stand in awe befor e Y our majesty
And in gratitude that Y ou have chosen me
Thr ough which to expr ess Y our glory . May my mind be lifted
T o higher heights
Wher ein Y our power lies ,
That I too might be magnificent. Amen.DA Y 208
T o d a y  I  b l e s s  t h o s e  I  a m  t e m p t e d  t o  j u d g e . I n denyin g love to anyone, I deny myself a miracle. In with holding
for giveness from anyone, I withhold it from myself. T oday I think of someone I am tempted to judge, to blame, to
criticize, and I remember he or she is a child of God. If any of us are
beloved by God, then all of us a re beloved by God. May I see all beings
through the eyes of God, that I might know their innocence and mine. Dear God ,
Whom I am tempted to judge ,
Y ou do not judge. May I see them as Y ou do ,
That I might judge no mor e.
May I see beyond the veil of guilt ,
Focusing no mor e on the mistakes of others. May I see instead the light of innocence
That is the truth of who they ar e.
Amen.DA Y 209
I  t a k e  r e s p o n s i b i l i t y  f o r  t h e  p o w e r  o f  m y  m i n d
t o d a y . T he powe r of God is within us. W e can misuse this power , b ut we
cannot o bliterate it. Whether our hearts are open or our hearts ar e closed,
with eac h though t we express th e creative power of the mind. Whether to
heal or harm, we attest to the power within us. May all my power be
used for good today . W ith ev ery thought, I manifest form on some level. W ith every
thought, I bring forth either love or fear . May I be ever conscious of my
power today , in how I think and how I behave. Dear God ,
May Y our spirit overshadow my mind today
And purify each thought of the ravages of fear . May the thinking of the world not tempt me away
Fr om the thought of love that is who Y ou ar e.
Amen.DA Y 210
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O n  M e e t i n g  L i m i t s  w i t h  U n l i m i t e d  T h o u g h t
O ur power lies in meeting limited circumstances with unlimited
thought. It is not what happens to us, but what we choose to think about
what happens to us, that determines what will happen next. If ou r ci rcumstances tempt us to think thoughts such as, “I’m s uch a
loser ,” “ I will never have another chance,” “It will take forever for this
situation to right itself,” or “I h ate whoever is to blame for this,” then
miracles, though  they are programmed into the nature of the universe,
cannot m ake their way into our awareness. They’re in the computer , but
we’re no t choosing to download them. W ith every thought we think, we
either summon or block a miracle. It is  not our circumstances, the n, but rather our thoughts abou t our
circumstances, that determine our power to transform them. W e choose
in life whether to live in victi mization or in victory . W e hav e power
either w ay—power to use against ourselves, or power to use to free
ourselves. The point is that we always have the choice, and it’ s not
always as simple as it appears.DA Y 21 1
I  a m  f u l l y  p r e s e n t  f o r  m y  l i f e  t o d a y . E very moment carries within i t the seeds of new beginnin gs, of
miracles, of infinite possibility . Only my own lack of presence and
awareness can keep those realities from my door . T oday I will show up for life. I will be the best that I can be. I
dedicate my life to the good, the  holy , and the beautiful. I will not waste
my life today . May I not be h eld back today by illusions of lack, obsession s
about m eaningless things, or thoughts of fear . May the love that
is in my heart blaze forth, cr eating miracles for myself an d
everyone. May I be fully pr esent for my life today , that m y
pr esence might bless the world.DA Y 212
M y  p o w e r  i n  t h e  w o r l d  w i l l  e m e r g e  f r o m  t h e  p o w e r
i n  m y  h e a r t . M y p ower  doesn’ t lie in my résumé or connections. My power do esn’ t
lie i n what I’ve done or even in what I’m doing. My power li es in my
clarity a bout why I’m on the earth. My desire to serve God w ill create
the means for me to do so. God can use the flimsiest résu mé. He can use the smallest gifts. Whatever my gift to God, however humble it may seem, He ca n turn it
into a mighty work on His behalf. My greatest gift to Him  is my
devotion. From that point, all doors will open. Whatever I do t oday , whatever effort lar ge or small that I exe rt
on b ehalf of hea ling the world, c an be turned into a mighty work. I dedicate my efforts—my work both personal and pr ofessional—
to be used by God. I will be amazed by what He then brings forth.DA Y 213
I  k n o w  t h a t  s a l v a t i o n  i s  o n l y  f o u n d  i n  t h e  p r e s e n t . T he only point where God’ s time, or eternity , intersects with linear time
is in the present moment. As I live fully in the present, I transcend all
neurotic thoughts about past or future. Past and future are only in my
mind, and they are purified as I release them into the hands of God. T oday I am saved from obsessi ons about past or future, the re grets
over what was or what might have been, and the grasping for a  future I
cannot c ontrol. My salvation lies in relaxing into the arms of Go d in each
and every moment, safe and secure in the realization that this moment is
all that is real. Dear God ,
Please save me
Fr om the endless torment
Of attachment to past or futur e.
Send Y our spirit
T o heal my mind
Of the temptation to enter the nothingness of time. Keep me firmly in the pr esent ,
Wher e I know I am blessed. Amen.DA Y 214
I  w i l l  n o t  s h i r k  m y  r e s p o n s i b i l i t y  t o  l o o k  d e e p l y
i n t o  m y s e l f . E go woul d prefer  that I not look directly into my deeper self, for there I
would le arn things bound to free me from its bondage. I would  learn of
the endl ess beau ty that lies bey ond the writhing of my person al self. I
would learn that beyond my torment lies the glory of my soul. T oday , I choose a conscious life. I will ask myself when something
has not turned out well, “What did I do or not do that helped cause this to
happen?” Only then will it be revealed to me the source of m y pain. I
will be healed as I am willing to look honestly at myself. Dear God ,
Send angels to accompany me
On my path to self-awar eness. May embarrassment not deter me
Fr om looking at the truth of how I behave ,
For only when I see my patterns
W ill I be able to change them. Please take fr om me the shadows that would hide Y our light in me. Amen.DA Y 215
FOR REFLECTION
O n  C h o o s i n g  F a i t h
F aith is power . It changes your life by changing you. It places you on a
dif ferent ground of being within yourself. It gives you a co nfidence
based on something that’ s in you but not of you, that can do for you what
you can ’ t do for yourself. It  keeps you from sinking into victim
consciousness—a stance that at tracts more victimization—and lifts you
to p ositivity , which attracts mor e positive outcomes. Where we put our
faith literally and directly influences what happens next. I c an have faith in the power o f the world, or faith in the pow er of
miracles. I can have faith in the power of fear , or faith in the power of
love. I can have faith in the pow er of external things, or faith in the God
who lives within me.DA Y 216
T o d a y  I  c o m m u n i c a t e  w i t h  l o v e  a n d  n o t  f e a r . T he word “communication” includes the word “commune.” If I
communicate without communing, I do not communicate at all. I am  responsible for the hea rtspace between me and whom I
communicate w ith. If someone feels attacked or judged or bl amed by
me, they will not hear me. I might speak but I will not have been heard. T oday I will find the innocence within myself and others, the place of
holy com munion, before I speak. Then not only what I say , but how I say
it, will be heard as a sharing and not an attack. Dear God ,
Please help me communicate
W ith love and not fear . Let me assur e whomever I speak with
Of their essential goodness ,
Even if they might have been wr ong. For otherwise, I will be wr ong myself. Amen.DA Y 217
L o v e  c a n  b e  t r u s t e d . W i t h o u t  l o v e ,  I  a m  i n s a n e . L ove makes all th ings right, by a ligning mortal events with the n atural
patterns of an i ntentional and creative universe. Love is my sanity . It
does no t lead me into unreaso nable or immoderate behavior . It is the
guidance system for a wise and peaceful life. The thinking of the world would lead me to believe that the ways of
love are often w ays of weakness, while the ways of fear are often ways
of stren gth. Never has a more  insane perspective taken hold of the
human mind. I s hall not be lured  into the thinking of darkness, but rather
I will cleave to love today . Dear God ,
When the world
W ould lay its lies upon me
And tempt me to per ceive without love ,
May Y our angels guar d my mind
And keep me firmly in Y our light. Amen.DA Y 218
G o d  h a s  a s s i g n e d  m e  a  f u n c t i o n  t h a t  o n l y  I  c a n  f i l l . E ach of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world. Each of
us is assigned by God a function that only we can fulfill. At the level of
our divine function, none of us are in competition with each other , for the
universe is infinitely abundant. My goo d doesn’ t take away from anyone else’ s, and no one else’ s
good tak es away from mine. There is space for everyone’ s gifts to flower . There is  more than enough room  for all of us. I embrace the assignment
revealed to me when I open my heart to love. As I  seek to live as God would have me live, He will r eveal to me
what He would have me do. He will pr epar e me in all the ways I
need, to carry o ut the r ole He would have me play . I need only t o
r elax into His p r esence within me, and all shall unfold in divin e
right or der . Amen.DA Y 219
G o d ’ s  g r e a t n e s s  i s  a  g i f t  t h a t  I  h u m b l y  r e c e i v e . G od’ s greatness is a gift that is of fered me, and it serves Him when I
receive i t. I have latent power that is mine to claim. I often lac k faith in
what exists within me because I lack faith in who exists within me. T oday I accept with gratitude and humility the presence of God
within m e. I am a vehicle for the  ecstatic power of grace, always  ready to
move th rough the veins of m y consciousness and my body . God’ s
greatness is the antidote to the suf fering of the world. God is gr eat, and God is within me for God is in my mind. I
surr ender my thoughts of br okenness and fear , to be r eplaced by
endless love. Thus shall I r ece ive the gifts of God and extend
them to the world.DA Y 220
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O n  A c c e p t i n g  O u r  C a l l i n g
O ne o f the  most positive transition s you can make is from viewing your
work as a job to viewing it as a calling. A job is an exchange of ener gy in
which y ou do a material task an d someone provides money in exchange. A ca lling, however , is an or ganic field of ener gy that emer ges from the
deepest aspects of who you are . It is the fulfillment of what God has
created you to be and do. Ap proaching your work as a jo b versus
approaching it as a calling make s all the dif ference in whether or not you
dwell in the miraculous universe. Y ou hav e a calling simply because you are alive. Y ou have a calling
because you are a child of God. Y ou have a calling because you’re on
this earth with a divine purpo se: to rise to the level of your highest
creative possibility , expressing all that you are intellectually , emotionally ,
psychologically , and physically in order to make the universe  a more
beautiful place. As you do this,  your entire life  becomes your ministry—a way to
serve God and to serve the world.DA Y 221
F o r g i v e n e s s  w o r k s  m i r a c l e s . I n any moment, I choose where to put my focus. I can fo cus on
someone’ s guilt, or I can focu s on someone’ s innocence. By seeing
someone’ s innocence, I transcen d the ef fects that their guilt might have
had on me. I a m only at the ef fect of what I accord reality . By for giving, I a ccord
reality to love, and therefore only love can touch me. Through
for giveness I let go of fear , to work a miracle instead. The pow er of for giveness is a miracle of God, a shift i n
per ception fr om world to spirit, fr om past to pr esent, fr om fear to
love. It is God’ s gr eatest gift to  me and my gr eatest power . My
willingness to for give is my r efuge, my security , and my str ength.DA Y 222
I  l e t  g o  o f  m y  a t t a c h m e n t  t o  t h e  p a i n  o f  m y  p a s t . O ften it’ s said we can be bitter or we can be better . T oday I choose not
to be bitter , for  my bitterness w ill create more reasons to be so. As I
rethink my past, for giving myself and others, I release myself from the
damage of old wounds. My clin ging to old hurts might inspire sympathy for a time, or  even
temporary support from others. But it will not inspire invitation s to start
over , from other people or from the universe itself. I can have a
grievance or a miracle; I cannot have both. I place my gri evances in the hands of God, and pray for
deliverance beyond my attachm ent to bitter wounds. I let go of
my grasping at what I cannot change, and pray for a miracle to
r elease me fr om my pain. I sur r ender all thoughts of judgment
and r evenge, that I might now be fr ee.DA Y 223
I  w i l l  n o t  p u n i s h  m y s e l f  f o r  t h e  m i s t a k e s  o f  m y
p a s t . T he dark nights of my soul have taught me many things: about w here I
got it wrong and where I got it right in life; about who I’ve been and who
I c hoose to be now . I take respo nsibility for my mistakes, I atone for my
errors, I do what I can to make things right, and I allow for giveness and
mercy to wash me clean. It ne ither serves me, nor anyone else, for me to beat up on myself
continually . Hav ing burned through appropriate remorse, I wish to move
ahead an d grow  from my mistakes. I will not stay stuck in the mire of
self-hatred. Alth ough I have ma de mistakes in my past I am n ot bound
by them  in the present—for m y atonement is sincere. God Himself
would not have me punish whom He Himself has for given. Dear God ,
Please help me accept Y our mer cy and for giveness. May I be as kind to myself
As Y ou ar e to me. May I begin again
W ith a heart that’ s clean of the guilt
I would lay upon myself. Amen.DA Y 224
I  r e l e a s e  m y  c h a r a c t e r  d e f e c t s  t o  G o d . I  kno w there ar e parts of me—how I think and behave—t hat are
dysfunctions embedded in my personality . I feel shame when I see them,
yet I will not look away . I see them and I atone for them. I release my
character defects and pray that God take them away . I k now my defects are not wh ere I am bad, but rather where I’ve
been w ounded. But regardle ss of the events that led to their
development, I am fully respon sible for my defects now . I accept what
they are, surrendering them to God with a prayer that He pave a new
path in my consciousness. Thus  shall I, and those around me, be free of
who I used to be. Dear God ,
Please take fr om me
The things I do that deviate fr om love. I surr ender the thinking
That binds me to dysfunction ,
And pray that Y our spirit come upon me
And change me. Return me to my essential self
That I might be in all ways
Who Y ou cr eated me to be. Amen.DA Y 225
FOR REFLECTION
O n  S u r r e n d e r i n g  t o  G o d
S urrendering a situation to God means surrendering your thoughts about
it. Y ou’r e programming your mind to think thoughts that are the most
creative, positive, insightful, and beneficial. Y ou’re not giving up
responsibility or turning your power over to something outside yourself;
you’re taking the highest responsibility for your circumstances, asking
God to make your mind a literal touchstone for miraculous
breakthroughs. Y ou walk forward in the confidence that God provides. Surrender make s way for a lar ger sense of self—not the false self,
but the true. It’ s an expansion o f our realization of who we are when we
allow ou r mind s to mer ge with  the field of the divine. Dropping our
sense of  physica l boundaries, we are open to the totality of our existence. In our emptiness, we find our fullness in God.DA Y 226
I  b r e a k  f r e e  o f  t h e  t h o u g h t  o f  l i m i t s  t o d a y . T oday I break free of a belief in limits, as there are no limits in the
Mind of God. There is no order of dif ficulty in miracles. The un iverse is
a field of quantum possibility , wherein nothing limits what love can do. I d o not bow before the ego’ s d ictates of scarcity and lack. Rather , I
embrace the infinite abundance of God’ s universe.
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        There ar e no limits to the blessings I receive when I speak with  love
and gen tleness. May I not be tempted today to choose fear or anger as
the m ode through which I expre ss myself. Rather, may I remem ber that
to do so is to sabotage my good. Dear God,
Please make of me
An instrument of Y our peace. May my wor ds r eveal Y our tenderness
And my heart expr ess Y our love. Amen. DA Y 154
E v e r y  s i t u a t i o n  i s  a  l e s s o n  t h a t  G o d  w o u l d  h a v e  m e
l e a r n. E very situation is a lesson to be learned—a lesson in being a kinder
person, in becoming more excellent, in lifting my circumstances higher. May I see every thing that occurs today as an opportunity to step up my
game. In t his way I will know the joy of spiritual growth. May every
encounter be a holy one, every circumstance be a platform for a miracle
for mys elf and others, and everything I do today be a glorifi cation of
God. Dear God,
I give this day to Y ou. May it serve Y our purposes
And incr ease Y our good
In the world. May every situation in which I find myself
T ake me closer to Y ou,
And thus to who I r eally am.
"May I not be tempted today to choose fear or anger as the mode through which I express myself."
What is the author's prayer for today?
The author believes that miracles are not about changing circumstances, but about changing who I am and how I think.
What is the author's perspective on the concept of "miracles"?
The author believes that success is not about achieving worldly success, but about fulfilling one's divine purpose and spreading love.
What is the author's view on the concept of "success"?
The author advises to surrender to love and not fear, and to see others with innocence and love.
What is the author's advice on how to handle relationships?
The author believes that enlightenment is not about learning, but unlearning, and that it is achieved by surrendering to love and accepting the truth of who we are.
What is the author's perspective on the concept of "enlightenment"?