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− | I share God's Will for happiness for me. | + | I [[share]] [[God's Will]] for [[happiness]] for me. |
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| You do not want to suffer. You may think it buys you something, and may | | You do not want to suffer. You may think it buys you something, and may |
− | still believe a little that it buys you what you want. Yet this belief is surely | + | still [[believe]] a little that it buys you what you want. Yet this belief is surely |
− | shaken now, at least enough to let you question it, and to suspect it really | + | shaken now, at least enough to let you [[question]] it, and to [[suspect]] it really |
− | makes no sense. It has not gone as yet, but lacks the roots that once secured | + | makes no sense. It has not gone as yet, but lacks the [[roots]] that once secured |
− | it tightly to the dark and hidden secret places of your mind. | + | it tightly to the [[dark]] and hidden [[secret]] places of [[your mind]]. |
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− | Today we try to loose its weakened hold still further, and to realize that pain | + | Today we try to loose its weakened hold still further, and to [[realize]] that pain |
− | is purposeless, without a cause and with no power to accomplish anything. | + | is purposeless, without a [[cause]] and with no [[power]] to accomplish anything. |
| It cannot purchase anything at all. It offers nothing, and does not exist. And | | It cannot purchase anything at all. It offers nothing, and does not exist. And |
− | everything you think it offers you is lacking in existence, like itself. You | + | [[everything]] you think it offers you is lacking in [[existence]], like itself. You |
− | have been slave to nothing. Be you free today to join the happy Will of | + | have been [[slave]] to nothing. Be you free today to join the happy Will of |
| God. | | God. |
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− | For several days we will continue to devote our periods of practicing to | + | For several days we will continue to [[devote]] our periods of [[practicing]] to |
− | exercises planned to help you reach the happiness God's Will has placed in | + | exercises planned to help you reach the [[happiness]] God's Will has placed in |
− | you. Here is your home, and here your safety is. Here is your peace, and | + | you. Here is your [[home]], and here your safety is. Here is your peace, and |
− | here there is no fear. Here is salvation. Here is rest at last. | + | here there is no [[fear]]. Here is [[salvation]]. Here is [[rest]] at last. |
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− | Begin your practice periods today with this acceptance of God's Will for | + | Begin your practice periods today with this [[acceptance]] of God's Will for |
| you: | | you: |
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− | <center>''I share God's Will for happiness for me,''</center> | + | <center>''I [[share]] God's Will for happiness for me,''</center> |
− | <center>''and I accept it as my function now.''</center> | + | <center>''and I [[accept]] it as my [[function]] now.''</center> |
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− | Then seek this function deep within your mind, for it is there, awaiting but | + | Then seek this function deep within [[your mind]], for it is there, awaiting but |
− | your choice. You cannot fail to find it when you learn it is your choice, and | + | your [[choice]]. You cannot fail to find it when you learn it is your choice, and |
| that you share God's Will. | | that you share God's Will. |
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− | Be happy, for your only function here is happiness. You have no need to be | + | Be [[happy]], for your only function here is [[happiness]]. You have no need to be |
| less loving to God's Son than He Whose Love created him as loving as | | less loving to God's Son than He Whose Love created him as loving as |
| Himself. Besides these hourly five-minute rests, pause frequently today, to | | Himself. Besides these hourly five-minute rests, pause frequently today, to |
| tell yourself that you have now accepted happiness as your one function. | | tell yourself that you have now accepted happiness as your one function. |
− | And be sure that you are joining with God's Will in doing this. | + | And be sure that you are joining with [[God's Will]] in doing this. |
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