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While it's often easy to be honest with other people in telling them where they're wrong, it may hurt to tell yourself where you're wrong. As you continue to confront yourself with situations openly and honestly, however, you will begin to catch your mistakes before they happen. You may find that if you can keep your mouth shut, you can bypass many unpleasant and unnecessary situations.

On this level, you don't grab. You can't possess, and you can't hold on to anything. If you try to possess, you lose. You can't even possess your own body. But if you love yourself, if you love the Soul within, you have access to all things. We shut down God by moving into the world, professing God's greatness out there. And we've lost track that God is inside us in the greatness.

If you ever had your feelings hurt and you forgave the person for it, and, inside of you, you allowed them the chance to hurt your feelings again, then you really did forgive them. You entered into real, true forgiveness because you allowed them the opportunity to come back to you again. That's forgiveness. But if you remember who they were and what they said and what they did and the time they did it, and if you say you forgave them, you didn't. We don't really forgive when we still have the feeling of the memory of the hurt.

When situations in your life become difficult or painful, you may lose track of the fact that Spirit is still present in your life. The situation you perceive as negative may be Spirit's blessing, giving you the opportunity to clear conditions that are holding you back and allowing you to move into greater strength and freedom.

When you are confronted by your attachments to what you want or don't want, you have an opportunity to relax and be patient as you look to the good and serve what you know is good going towards the highest good.

It's been said, "In every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better." But it's only words until you truly see yourself, in your daydreaming or in your imagination, really getting better and better. Then holding the picture in your mind that you want more of becomes a positive use of each day. There is never a dull moment because each moment can be used for your learning, upliftment, and growth. What we often do with that moment is hold the picture in our mind that we want less of. We hold fear in our mind. We hold worry in our mind. Yet, if we can get a feeling of joy or peace, we can then find a picture to match that in our mind -- for example, a puppy or kitten or a lake in the mountains. Then we have a brand new start in this very moment.

Loving unconditionally does not mean that you have to participate with someone in their actions. That is their expression and their opportunity to learn, not necessarily yours. Loving unconditionally means that you accept their action without judgment and without being emotionally reactive.

When we truly do something in service, it's okay if somebody tells us, "That's good," or "That's bad." Why? Because true service is given freely without expectation of others' approval.

The first aspect of being of service is to be there for yourself. Make a commitment to yourself to find out if you can really be of service. The key always is your willingness to participate in your own life. Just tell yourself, "Boy, today I'm going to breathe in and out in my own love and my own beingness, and I'm going to be present here like you can't believe."

We live in grace already because "the blessings already are," yet most people are not fully aware of it.