Healing doesn’t take time. Forgiveness doesn’t take time. Insight, inspiration, intuition – none of it takes time.

But sometimes we won’t allow it. So here’s the question we need to ask ourselves: Are we waiting on God? Or are we waiting on our own willingness?

I see this all the time. People say, “I’m waiting for divine timing.” But what they’re really saying is, “I’m not ready yet.” And that’s okay – we all move at our own pace. But let’s be honest about what’s actually happening. God isn’t making us wait. Sometimes there’s an alignment we’re waiting for that’s unseen, and unknowable, but we’re willing and we can feel the alignment is happening – and then there’s times when we’re just waiting on our own willingness.

Sometimes there’s a synchronicity of events and situations. Maybe two people need to meet, but one of them isn’t ready yet. Maybe they were in the same place at the same time the year before, but one of them was still married, still closed off, still not available for that connection. So they wait another year. They’re drawn back to the same place. And this time, they’re both ready.

That’s not God making them wait. That’s the natural unfolding of readiness meeting readiness. Sometimes we do need to wait for other people to line up, for other circumstances to align. But more often, we’re just waiting for our own willingness to catch up with what’s already available.

Here’s what helped me to see it correctly: Every moment, I have a choice. Am I willing to heal now? Am I willing to forgive now? Am I willing to see differently now? If the answer is yes, healing happens. If the answer is no, I keep suffering. It’s that simple.

A Course in Miracles teaches us that we are much too tolerant of mind-wandering. We let our minds drift into thoughts of separation, fear, and limitation – and we stay there. We build entire houses of cards out of these false beliefs. But we could interrupt those patterns at any moment if we were willing.

So the question isn’t “When will God heal me?” The question is “When will I allow the healing that’s already here?” The question isn’t “When is the right time?” The question is “Am I willing to make this moment the right time?”

If you’re tired of waiting and ready to discover that healing is available right now, join with like-minded souls for my FREE Forgiveness Workshop TODAY, Saturday, October 18. We’ll practice the kind of willingness that opens the door to immediate transformation. And if you’re sensing a deeper calling, Masterful Living is where we cultivate this willingness consistently, week after week, until choosing healing in every moment becomes our natural way of being. Your willingness is all that’s needed – everything else is already provided.

If you’re ready to have a deep heart healing, consider joining my Quantum Counseling Training Intensive. This profound 8-day program, beginning October 31st, will guide you through the same transformation I experienced – and teach you how to facilitate it for others. You’ll learn to see the world through Love’s eyes and become a beacon of hope for those still trapped in judgment. Through experiential exercises and heart-centered techniques, you’ll develop the skills to help others find peace in a chaotic world. Our certified Spiritual Counselors are available for FREE Exploratory Calls to help you determine if my Quantum Counseling Training Intensive aligns with your spiritual path. Your heart knows the answer.

NEW ACIM PODCAST EPISODE:  In this episode, Why Punishment Never Works (And What Does) I shared one of the most transformative teachings from A Course in Miracles that changed my life: there is no sin, only mistakes that need correction, not punishment. Working with Chapter 19’s section on “The Unreality of Sin,” I explain how I used to be deeply attracted to punishment – thinking people (including myself) should be punished for their “sins” – until I discovered that punishment is actually guilt’s way of keeping sin real and protecting it. I share how the ego brings sin to fear demanding punishment, when actually every mistake is just a call for love, and how I learned to replace the word “sin” with “tactical error” to remind myself that correction and compassion heal while punishment only perpetuates suffering. This shift freed me from my own patterns of self-punishment including alcohol abuse, because when I stopped seeing others as sinners deserving punishment, my own unconscious guilt dissolved.