Time is it’s own master and has it own pace and process. Here is a reality that we would all do all to accept: when god makes a way for us, that way will generally take time.

p. 82, take life as it comes, god will make a way, Drs Cloud & Townsend

The issues that we find ourselves dealing with day to day come from inside, as the Book of Proverbs reveals: “keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23, KJV)

p. 50, God Will Make a Way, Drs Cloud and Townsend.

There is a concept in life called ‘finishing’. Here’s how it works.

We all have relationships, experiences, and lessons in life that are sometimes painful, difficult, and for whatever reason, hard to process. As a result, we walk around with certain feelings, patterns, and conflicts that do not really relate to the present but to people and events from a previous time. Because these things are not ‘finished’, they get in the way of present situations, present relationships, or present goals. And the sad thing is, this baggage that we carry does not go away until it is dealt with or finished.
p. 48, god will make a way, drs. Cloud and Townsend

Throughout history, people have found the same thing to be true in science, philosophy, and their own experience – that is our outside lives are manifestations of our internal lives.

We understand that our soul and our spirit, the inside parts of ourselves, are what drive our ability to love and create the lives that we desire.

The paradox is that the things inside of us are also the very things we cannot create for ourselves. They must be given to us from outside ourselves. We must get them from god.

p. 22, god will make a way, Drs. Cloud & Townsend.

Now I am learning the power of neutrality. It speeds my growth processes, the time it takes me to learn my lessons.
Neutrality brings peace and the freedom to learn.

As we continue our journey, the journey of the soul, we can learn to find the peace offered by neutral territory.

p. 116- 117, journey to the heart, Beattie

Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.

Annie Johnson Flint

But God hath promised strength for the day,
Rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
unfailing sympathy, undying love.

Beside the Still Waters, volume 27:4

Many a person has become more understanding and compassionate towards others after going through an experience similar to theirs. Today, let’s be careful how we criticize other people.

Nathan Wanner, Malden, MA
Beside the still waters, 7-8/2022, vol. w7, 4

Learning to laugh, learning to find humor either in what we’re going through, or despite it, is a powerful tool on this journey.

p. 205, Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie