Three clicks of the red ruby slippers

“In the end, every single path leads back here to love.”—Elizabeth Gilbert

First, a big sloppy thank you to all of you kind, beautiful people who posted such compassionate words right here on this very blog.

It’s never comfortable admitting your shortcomings, especially in a culture that expects perfection and constant progress. But I couldn’t continue to blog with a straight face without owning up to this hugely significant life event and the lapse in my own practice.

What was so clearly shown to me (As the Course says, nothing is against me, everything is for me) is that, despite my looking the other direction, I was never abandoned. The loving life force from which we all spring never left its post.  This Divine Grace (call it the Dude, Cosmo K, whatever works for you) is eternal, immovable.

There’s nothing any of us can do to sever our connection. It can’t be done. It’s who we are.

Our thoughts, on the other hand, could use a little work.

So often we use the powerful mojo of our thoughts to create what the second of the Ten Commandments called “a graven image.” This is an image that looks real, that sure seems to be causing us problems. But it’s a version of life that’s not valid. It hides the truth, blocks the miracle.

So glad to know that, like Dorothy with her red ruby slippers, I can click my heels at any time and return home.

#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)