“Sorrow prepares you for joy…Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.” – Rumi

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Thank you!

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Psalm 30:12a-13b

You changed my mourning into dancing; O Lord, my God, forever will I give you thanks.

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We’ve all had our bad days.

We’ve all had our struggles.

We’ve all had to deal with losses of all sorts.

But none of these bad days, or struggles, or losses resulted in annihilation.

We are still here.

With each new breath, God affirms us and says, “You are special, you are loved.”

God, who is Love (1 John 4:8), is loving you and me with each breath that sustains us.

As St. Paul said, In God we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).

And we know through Jesus’s death and resurrection that physical death is also not an end, but a new beginning.

We see this also with the thousands of people known as Near Death Experiencers who have told us that our lives go on in a new way.

No one dies.

What if you really believed that you were eternal and that you are loved eternally by the One who created you?

When we accept this, when we live in the present moment in the awareness of our belovedness in God — what is there to fear?

Do not allow the false narratives created by your mind to continue assailing you.

Let them go.

They are just stories.

Now is what matters.

Right now.

What in this moment is lacking?

Trust that all the obstacles will be turned into triumphs.

All mourning will be turned into dancing and singing.

Believe it.

May we sing and dance!

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