"There should not be a running to and fro, making human efforts to aid the Divine, but a calm, restful, unwavering trust in All-Wisdom and All-Power within one as able to accomplish the thing desired." H. Emilie Cady, Lessons in Truth Frequently, when I read something like the statement above, I find myself thinking, "Yes,...I am calm, I am rested, I trust, I allow." The Truth of her words resonates within me, and I know that I am reading wisdom. Then, later in the day, I find myself juggling four or five projects, looking at my calendar, wondering how I will ever get everything done that I need to get done. I am a busy person; besides serving at our church, I am a business owner. Added to that is the work I must do for my ministerial training program. I am a wife, a mother, a sister, a friend, and my good friend, Belle, would like you to know that I am also a dog-owner. So yes, I am busy. And so are you. And so, it seems, is everyone. There frequently seems to be some kind of basic disconnect between what resonates with us as True, and what we actually do on a day-to-day basis. I have come to believe that much of our spiritual progress comes simply from remembering to remember. At some point in the midst of the frantic rushing about, we have that moment of clarity when the thought arises: "Oh yeah! I AM a spiritual being. I AM irrevocably connected to Source. I have enough. I AM enough. I AM, in the words of Dr. Cady, a 'portion of God made manifest'." And then, later in the day... well, you get the idea. |
