For the sheer joy of it

“You are the teacher and healer you’ve been waiting for.”—Byron Katie

Perhaps my favorite line from my book, Art and Soul, Reloaded, is this: “The only book that will ever change your life is the one you write yourself.”

Admittedly, it’s not what a marketing consultant would want me to say. Doesn’t really encourage robust sales.

But that’s one of the traps we’ve been stuck in, the Skinner’s box that trains us to mindlessly, habitually react.

For far too long, we’ve been listening to directives from people who…well…want something from us, who believe the more, more, more narrative. We’ve totally bought the idea that “something is missing and that somebody out there, some THING out there is going to provide it. Better keep looking.”

We really don’t need all the things we’re constantly encouraged to need.

Especially when everything we really need—including answers and ideas and healing—resides right here, immovably inside us.

I laughed at one of the comments about Neale Donald Walsch’s book, Conversations with God. Rebecca said, “It never occurred to me to have my own conversation.”

Right now, collaborating with…I still haven’t settled on just one name for this loving Chatty Cathy…is the most rewarding part of my day. I’m finding it to be a loving and wise partner.

Mostly, it’s a huge relief to realize that something that’s not me is looking out for my good. It’s comforting to feel the presence of an invisible energy realm that actually seems to like me. That, from what I can tell, has always been there, hiding quietly behind my habits and mindless reactions, waiting for its moment to have the floor.

Have a fabulous weekend, you gorgeous you’s!! Make it the best—yes, it can keep getting better—weekend of your life.

#222 Forever!

Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest book, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)