Recently I read an article about a scientific study that found that prayer lights up multiple brain regions tied to empathy, focus, and emotional regulation. It said that spending 30 minutes in prayer, 4 days a week was shown to reduce stress and increase compassion. It also stated that  love-centered prayers had the biggest impact, but that fear-based views of God triggered stress responses instead.

Can you imagine if your first thought when something happened was “what if this is working out perfectly?” instead of “what if this goes wrong?”

Before I started applying A Course in Miracles to my life, I thought that I was right. Right about my opinions, right about my judgements, right in what I thought should or should not happen. 

Is there ever a moment when I am not judging myself? If this morning is any indication, no. A constant undercurrent of judgement – “It’s beautiful outside, I should be out there”, “There’s that book light I bought for $30 that I have used once”, No exercise? What about the $20 I spent on equipment for my new routine?”, “That’s why I have no money”…and on and on and on.

Today I want to write about writing. I have been taking a memoir writing class at the local Center for Spiritual Living and I am absolutely loving it. The most fun part as been the sharing of everybody’s writings.