LOVE IS NEVER NOT THE ANSWER

You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all. -- Ramana Maharshi

My thoughts are heavy this morning...and pulling them up is not happening. Wanting to is on the wane. 

Oh, wait...I just came across a post from 2012 and feel a glimmer of hope.

The first thing I read was: Think 'thank You' first, followed by, It is I, be not afraid. Being reminded of that...that the low, too, is I...lifted some of the dark.

More: The ugly is I, my gift. I accept it as such and turn that sucker around as many ways as I need to until I find the sliver of gold. It is there...find it, and that sliver will grow into a blessing beyond our reasoning mind's comprehension.

I wrote that...from my own experience...nearly 11 years ago. It was true then, it is true now. I just don't feel it now...whoa! What a perfect reminder. God Calling often advises, Quit trying to feel it...get grateful!      

Continuing my reading, I get more proof that God does have my back: What we most need to remember is that the reasoning mind cannot get us there. We must go beyond reason to love...the very first "thank You" turns our dread into love, then into non-resistance, then into acceptance...with which we give over to God who does His thing. Not our problem any longer.

God has my back but my thoughts have gone begging this morning...they needed this loosening up to let go of me. 

These times try our ego-based patience is all. We resist them not, welcome them for right this very down minute they are turning us to God...or I wouldn't be writing, I'd be back in bed where I wanted to be.

I am so glad the God of my understanding is understanding...and welcomes his recalcitrant, self-absorbed and occasionally clueless peeps. Face it, love is never not the answer. 

Oh, BFO! It is this very experiencing of need that is the sliver of gold...own up to that down feeling especially when we "know better." Knowing better is often ego's blame-train...we need to get out of its way, flip it the bird and shout thank you as it rolls by.

The wondrous part of God's love is it never shames...even in the down, his love is giving us an atta girl! Yes.

Thank you.