When the going gets tough . . .

. . . . . the tough start counting their blessings! They also realize, intuitively, that forgiveness removes the invisible wall that separates them from others.

They don't gripe about their lot, no matter how unpleasant. They focus on the positive. They eke out as much good from their situation and dwell upon it!

A shift in how we think releases the power of the mind bringing about a correction in our perception. As our perception changes so does our world, literally! All creation is expressed by the mind. Our greatest asset for changing the world is our mind!

As we change our mind about the world around us we bring about a change in the world around us!

In the presence of forgiveness we change the laws that govern how we think. We transcend ourselves - go beyond our limits. Miracles occur!

As we let go of the fear and embrace love and forgiveness all blockages in our energy body, holding back our personal power, are released. Positive energy floods our lives changing our world and all those who come into it.

Since minds are connected, the correction of any one persons perception, adds to the collective growth of our species.

This puts the challenges we all face into a new perspective! We draw them to ourselves in order to help change the world through our acceptance, love and forgiveness!

Look at what Nelson Mandela achieved.

You have created yourself (your body, not your Soul) in order to help transform the world.

The end of the world is not its destruction but its transformation! The Oxford dictionary defines the word "transformation" as a complete change.

And we are the "transformers", defined in the Oxford dictionary as: a device used to reduce or increase a power supply. We are transformers. We are powerful beyond measure!

Previously scientists toyed with the idea that our physical body somehow learned how to think. They are now coming to the conclusion with the help of quantum physics, that we are our thoughts and that we have created our physical body!

You are what you think!

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the power that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others".

The paragraph above was taken from Marianne Williamson's book A return to love. Reflections on the principles of A Course in Miracles.

The extract was also included in Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech as the first black President of South Africa, after his release from prison in 1994.