Yet being with that dissonance is important; it is our soul work. The purpose of our lives is to close the gap between what could be and what too often is.

No matter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to think about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is often our willingness to change our minds. Despite what might seem to be the saddest and most intractable situation, we have the power to believe that something else is possible, that things can change, that a miracle can happen. This gives us vision, which gives us conviction, which gives us power.

What is going on in America today is not just a political contest; it is a spiritual contest.

There's a profound satisfaction in finally giving up something meaningless, for no other reason than that we did it to the max and now we're ready to move on.

altar to God is the human mind. To "desecrate the altar" is to fill it with non-loving thoughts.

Naming it, surrendering it to God, and asking Him to remove it—that's the miracle of personal transformation

It isn't easy, giving birth to our spiritual potential. Spiritual labor can be very arduous—one holy instant at a time, when we give up, surrender, soften, don't care if we're right, forgo our impatience, detach from the opinions and prizes of the world, and rest in the arms of God. But the end result is the love of our lives. We begin

And that's what a miracle is: a parting of the mists, a shift in perception, a return to love.

Think honestly what you have thought that God would not have thought, and what you have not thought that God would have you think.

miracle is a shift in thinking, a shift from fear to love.

We can't change other people's thinking, but in fact we don't need to because all minds are joined.* All we have to do is change our own thinking, and as we do, the world will change with us.

Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring the human brain. We are literally upgrading our minds by downloading the mind of Christ.