There is no peace except the peace of God.
I think the most beautiful piece of poetry in this lesson is this:
Now there is silence. Seek no further. You have come to where the road is carpeted with leaves of false desires, fallen from the trees of hopelessness you sought before. Now are they underfoot. And you look up and on toward Heaven, with the body's eyes but serving for an instant longer now. Peace is already recognized at last, and you can feel its soft embrace surround your heart and mind with comfort and with love.
Today is the day we honor the Law of Least Effort. As usual, this lesson complements the law of the day. In this law we recognize that when we fight against what is real, what is meant to be, when we attempt to force solutions, and feel compelled to defend our point of view - well, everything is just hard and often doesn't work out at all in the ways we worked so hard to achieve. It's when we release the need to force solutions, and defend our point of view, and choose love that life comes together with greater peace.
When I arrived home this evening, after my wet walk, I was just sitting down and settling in for the evening, and my iPhone dinged alerting me that I had a new email message. I opened it up and instantly felt constriction in my chest, my jaw set with a slight grind on my teeth, and the start of a headache. This person had responded to an email message I sent that had a report attached to it. The reply came across in a way that suggested I hadn't made a recommendation - this person was making the recommendation, with the rationale for it included, and copied it to someone that: 1. did not see the original message, and 2. did not need to be included. As I felt my irritation, I glanced over at today's lesson and was reminded that there is no peace except the peace of God. I asked myself:
Why does this irritate you? Because I already did the work and made the recommendation. I just needed this person to acknowledge that. I don't need this person copying it to this other person that isn't even involved. And, at a minimum, this person should have responded to my original message. At least that way the person she copied it to would have the benefit of being aware of my message.
The more this played out in my head, the more ridiculous it became. My ego (edging God out) was really bothered and was attempting to goad me into going along. Of course, clearly, I did go along....for a short period of time. I realized that this person's response has nothing to do with me. I did my part and I feel good about it. This person agreed with my recommendation using the same rationale I used in my report. So, instead of tightening up and feeling constricted - I let it go.
As this lesson says, as it closes -
There is no peace except the peace of God, and I am glad and thankful it is so.
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