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Everything around us can teach us. The difficult thing is, often we prefer being the teacher to being the student. But we can only really become the teacher as we learn, gain experience, and then demonstrate what we have learned. The greatest teachers teach by example.

That faith of putting your body in the position to call upon the Lord's name and listen, is your righteousness, and that's what is going to be counted for you when the last thing is counted. Not how long you sit in spiritual exercises, but that you did sit. Not that the Lord said anything to you, but that you were there to hear it if it was said.

If one sister or brother is purposefully teasing or annoying another, teach the other that he or she does not have to allow that. Teach the child that it is possible to walk away from the situation and go somewhere else. We do this as adults. If we are in an irritating situation, we can ask others to change their approach. We can tell them we don't like their expression, and why. And if that doesn't work, we can either put up with it or leave. Teach your children the same choices.

Perhaps you have heard the admonishment, "Judge not, that ye be not judged." (Matthew 7:1) In other words, do not judge unless you want to become that judgment. Some people might question this, asking, "Are you saying that if I break my leg and it really hurts, then I should pretend my leg is not broken and does not hurt?" No, I am not suggesting that you deny your experiences. In fact, it is imperative to acknowledge your experience. What I am saying is that a judgment is a negative and unnecessary interpretation of your experience. If you decide that because your leg is broken and hurts, your life is ruined, you have judged yourself and your situation. Likewise, if you declare your life not worth living and in turn curse your existence, you have again judged yourself.

You will want to work the spiritual process past the mind's resistance. As you discipline yourself in trust, the mind will eventually have no choice but to step aside and let the higher forces rule.

It is easy to say, "Align yourself with Spirit," or "Get right with God," but it is difficult to do consistently. We get ourselves aligned, and then our point of convergence shifts. Suddenly, we are back in our habitual state. The thing to do is not to get discouraged but to pick up from that place and continue on.

Select those things that will work for you, and work them. Move ahead continually on the path of your own divine destiny. When you do this, you will be manifesting that which is spiritual, you will be expressing a quality of the spiritual person.

Know that nothing will be given to you that you really can't handle -- that God is the one who's really running all the mechanisms, and out of God comes all things. There's a great security in that. It's like, "Hey, even my insecurities come out of God. How neat. What am I to learn from this?" That security isn't on this level, only in God. You move to it and you say, "Thanks for the lesson."

Yesterday makes little difference to the process of NOW. At best, it can be a stepping-stone into the moment, but always and forever, you must let go of the past and move into the present and make this moment work for you.

If you want to know how you become happy, what the secret of happiness is, then get close to God.