Plain and simple: The things that bother me are the things that trigger a false belief. When false beliefs are triggered, I’m more likely to look at them, feel them, and give them my awareness and attention – and that means I might choose healing, rather than repeating.

Awareness and attention are how I can shine the Light of Love on the dark thoughts of lack and attack.

It might seem crazy to be grateful for things that irritate us. It doesn’t make sense to be thankful to people who push our buttons, does it?

Well, I’m grateful that my willingness has shown me that what irritates me and bothers me is actually extremely helpful to me because it alerts me to where I believe something that’s false and my upset is pushing me to let it go so I can experience more Peace.

It took me a very long time to realize that the things and people that seem to upset me the most are ways that Spirit has come to help me.

We can open our minds through being pushed by the pain.

When I can identify the things in my mind that are untrue and that cause my suffering, then I can place my loving attention on them and let my opinions go. This is a daily practice. It’s a moment by moment practice that is healing my mind.

It’s so tempting to say that other people are the cause of our suffering.

It’s so tempting to say that circumstances are the cause of our upset.

But no matter how strongly attached we are to the belief that our upset is caused by someone else – it’s not going to be true.

A Course in Miracles tells us that we’re never upset for the reason we think.

When we hold unloving thoughts it upsets us. It infuriates us. It frightens us. It worries us. We can open ourselves to the healing of the Higher Holy Spirit Self and transcend the limiting beliefs of the past.

Let’s claim our healing today. A powerful step is to be grateful that we can recognize an irritant as being a false belief rising into our awareness for healing. Let’s choose our healing today and be that living example of Self-Love.

It’s too difficult and punishing to continue to manage and cope with being upset when we don’t have to. Suffering is optional.

It may seem difficult to imagine that we can learn by remembering the truth instead of experience. Instead of trying to understand it, let’s simply allow the Higher Holy Spirit Self to show us the way.

We are choosing to remember the truth today.

We are choosing to grow through Joy today.

Did you miss it?  If you missed the Week 1 Session on Sunday, you can still join us and watch the instant replay of my End My Self-Sabotage Challenge

Why wait any longer to be happy, spiritually successful, and living an inspired life? I can’t think of any good reason. Can you?

If you’re willing to dive deeper into ending self-sabotage patterns that keep you stuck:

In this program, you’ll discover what thousands have experienced:  we can get to the root cause of self-sabotage and eliminate that – and then our behavior and choices change.  It’s so much easier!!

We’re doing it together, because community heals what isolation cannot.

And this is the best deal I have for you all year.  It’s a crazy low price and we even have payment plans.

What do you have to lose except the patterns of pain that cost you time, energy, and peace? 

NEW ACIM PODCAST EPISODE: my topic is How to Win the War With Ego – Finding the Path of True Peace. In this episode of A Course in Miracles podcast, I talk about that war of self-attack, self-sabotage, self-medication, guilt, blame, shame, and generally feeling like a failure is escapable. It can be undone easier than we think. The war is not a real thing. It’s an illusion. Because the ego isn’t a real thing. It’s an illusion. So, there can be no war. I share some of the key steps in my journey to a lasting sense of Peace so that you can find your way there too!  The ego has no power – GOD has ALL the power.