There is no need to be unhappy. There is no need to be disappointed, or oppressed, or aggrieved. There is no need for illness or failure or discouragement. There is no necessity for anything but an abounding interest and joy in life.
As long as you accept a negative condition at its own valuation, so long will you remain in bondage to it; but you have only to assert your birthright as a free man or woman and you will be free.
Success and happiness are the natural conditions of mankind. It is actually easier to demonstrate these things than the reverse. Bad habits of thinking and acting may obscure this fact for a time, just as a wrong way of walking or sitting, or holding a pen, or musical instrument may seem to be easier than the proper way, because we have accustomed ourselves to it; but the proper way is the easier nevertheless.
Unhappiness, frustration, poverty, loneliness are really bad habits that their victims have become accustomed to bear, believing that there is no way out, whereas there is a way; and that way is simply to acquire good habits of working with the Law instead of against it.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy Law (Psalm 119:18).
It is our own perceptions and ways of thinking that block us from God’s infinite bounty and joy. These blessings bloom all around us but our eyes are blinded by the sense of self. The Garden God gave us is filled with the aroma of flowers and the warmth of the sun, yet our vanity, pride and ego dulls the senses and focuses us on the finite and mundane activities of the day. That is when fear and doubt enter our minds, clouding our judgement and concealing the truth that God wants us to be happy and joyful. Open our eyes this day Father and make us aware of your divine law of love and fullness.
Eyes wide open,
Z gardener
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