February 21, 2011: 100 Lessons

Hola, All! Today was a day of celebration! It marked a milestone for me because I made it to Lesson 100 in "A Course in Miracles"! Yeaaa! It's not that it's a struggle to do the lessons, it's just that I don't always take the time to do them, especially if I'm out of town or if my sweet grandbaby is here. Or sometimes I do the same lesson twice because I didn't spend enough time on it the first day. So, it has taken me awhile to complete 100 lessons. Today's lesson had to do with remembering that each of us is meant to spread His happiness to everyone we come in contact with. That was fairly easy for me since I'm a pretty upbeat person to begin with, and I have no problem greeting people I don't know with "Good Morning!" or something to that effect. To give you some background, there are 365 lessons in the "Course", one for each day of the year. Since it is a home study, everyone who studies this book goes at his own pace; at the rate I am going, it will take me over 2 years to complete it. But, the length of time it takes is immaterial; what's important is that one lesson is learned before continuing to the next lesson. The whole purpose of the "Course" is to provide a foundation for inner peace, and I have to say that it is working for me. It is all mental work, so it can be done no matter where I am or what I am doing. Of course, the challenge is to remember each day's lesson throughout the day, and that is where I sometimes get stuck. I can go hours without thinking about it, and then all of a sudden, it hits me..............that's when I do the same lesson the next day also. But, each lesson learned brings me a tiny step closer to having inner peace, being calm inside no matter what kind of drama is going on around me. I stick with it because I have been searching for inner peace for years and have finally found something that is working for me. Everything inside of me tells me that I am on the right path. And so, I celebrated today by spreading happiness eveywhere I went.
Celebrate your life!
Dawnie