Advent: Day 9

I spent all day cleaning and writing. Even the dogs were groomed. Seems de-cluttering is an ongoing theme for me this Advent. What about you?

There are so many things I am thankful for today, they I've almost forgotten what was bothering me ... That is one of the best qualities of being Grateful, it instantly vanishes lack. I urge you to remember the thing you are most grateful about this Christmas and see how whatever is missing vanished instantly from your mind!

Most of my writing was for my book the Hen that Wanted to Fly, its moving along at God's pace, today God was happy to let me take a lot of hand notes and tomorrow will be a typing day. Will share some material tommorow so some of you can email me some comments (p.fonsecarojas@gmail.com)

As shared before, my long morning routine... (which I do love by the way....) includes the famous Julia Cameron's morning pages ... Morning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, ideally done first thing you do when you wake up. But before the morning pages start (which for the last year I've been mixing up with other journaling excersises), I read the A Course in Miracles daily lesson. Today's lesson belongs to Section 13, and it reads What is a Miracle? After re-reading it my letter to Baby Jesus was clear, this is what I want for Christmas 

Dear Baby Jesus

Thank you,
Paola

This is A Course in Miracles, Section 13

Section 13. What is a Miracle?

A miracle is a correction. It does not create, nor really change at all. It merely looks on devastation, and reminds the mind that what it sees is false. It undoes error, but does not attempt to go beyond perception, nor exceed the function of forgiveness. Thus it stays within time's limits. Yet it paves the way for the return of timelessness and love's awakening, for fear must slip away under the gentle remedy it brings.

A miracle contains the gift of grace, for it is given and received as one. And thus it illustrates the law of truth the world does not obey, because it fails entirely to understand its ways. A miracle inverts perception which was upside down before, and thus it ends the strange distortions that were manifest. Now is perception open to the truth. Now is forgiveness seen as justified.

Forgiveness is the home of miracles. The eyes of Christ deliver them to all they look upon in mercy and in love. Perception stands corrected in His sight, and what was meant to curse has come to bless. Each lily of forgiveness offers all the world the silent miracle of love. And each is laid before the Word of God, upon the universal altar to Creator and creation in the light of perfect purity and endless joy.

The miracle is taken first on faith, because to ask for it implies the mind has been made ready to conceive of what it cannot see and does not understand. Yet faith will bring its witnesses to show that what it rested on is really there. And thus the miracle will justify your faith in it, and show it rested on a world more real than what you saw before; a world redeemed from what you thought was there.

Miracles fall like drops of healing rain from Heaven on a dry and dusty world, where starved and thirsty creatures come to die. Now they have water. Now the world is green. And everywhere the signs of life spring up, to show that what is born can never die, for what has life has immortality.

On a final note! Last month I did a Hay House (www.hayhouse.com) Writers Workshop with Julia Cameron, she signed my copy of The Artis Way.... OMG! OMG! OMG ... http://juliacameronlive.com

Another thing to be grateful for!

Con amor,

Paola