Begin Again

It's New Year's Eve, 2015. So, what does the New Year hold for the seeking human-being?

Many wait until the first day of January to try and make changes in their life. They resolve to do this or that, they vow to drop old habits to make way for new ones. It is a good feeling to start over, at least for a little while. Then comes the actual work of holding fast to those resolutions and, in the majority of cases, failure inevitably follows.

In dejection, these ones throw up their hands in surrender and give themselves over to their habits. Feeling like helpless failures, recognizing the power of their masters, they resign themselves to another year of enslavement.

"For I do not know what I do; and I do not do the thing which I want, but I do the thing which I hate" - Romans 7:15

It does not have to be this way.

Each new day is a chance for us to begin again, an opportunity to make ourselves new. Failure only means that you have not yet succeeded. To give in to failure is to give up on one's self.

In the matter of walking the Path of Return, there will be many times when we will stumble and fall. This is to be anticipated, as the Way we have chosen is alien to anything we have done before while incarnate. Do not be discouraged, do not give up and return to the old ways, taking the path of least resistance. A baby learns to walk only after many unsuccessful (and oftentimes humorous) attempts. So, too, must those who have chosen The Path of the True Way continue to do whatever it takes to bring the Journey to a good end.

Every failure is an impetus to drive us to a future success. Every success provides yet another firm foothold for us to anchor ourselves as we continue the journey Home. The following cannot be emphasized enough: Try, try and keep trying. Lift your eyes to the Hills from whence your Help will come. The Brotherhood watches over and guides those who have taken up their Cross. We do not walk alone. Take heart in the knowledge of that fact and dare always to Begin Again.

all love,

~ g
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