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Whether or not your proposal is accepted, you have divine permission for a joyful life.
Have you ever grown frustrated waiting for someone else’s approval before you could proceed with a project or idea?
Maybe you’re waiting on a boss to give the go-ahead on a proposal. Perhaps a spouse is taking forever to decide on a course of action. Or you’re waiting for someone unknown to snuggle up to your side and simply approve of who you are as a person.
While working as a department manager in a large administration for two years I had to learn great patience while my superiors decided whether to let me proceed with new proposals. This was a growing experience for me because I had been self-employed most of my working life, and successfully so. I was not accustomed to waiting for other people’s approvals before acting. After what seemed an interminably long waiting period on one project, I asked divine Spirit for a new perspective that would keep me calm.
“I want approval for the project so I can proceed,” I agitated.
In a flash of divine inspiration, I was told by Spirit that maybe I would never get approval for the project, but nonetheless, I did have approval to be content, happy and joyful anyway.
I glimpsed in this inspiration that my greater goal in life was not to get projects accepted. It was to stay spiritually minded. Work is much more enjoyable when done with cheer and a positive outlook, I reminded myself. I could remain patient and stay upbeat while waiting for word from my boss. I determined to do so going forward, no matter what. You can imagine how this changed my days.
Eventually, my proposal was supported, and I moved ahead with the project. But I learned in the meantime that the most important approval is not the yeas or nays we receive from bosses, other people, or mates. It’s the divine permission we already have to live a joyful life regardless of whether or not our human ideas are accepted.
Our happiness and success as living beings is not conditional upon other people. It’s predetermined by Spirit, and it’s scheduled to be good, fulfilling, and eternally enlightening.
We all have times of waiting for others to agree or disagree with our suggestions and ideas, but life does not have to go into a holding pattern in the meantime. Our most important activity is spiritual reflection. And we already have approval to do that!
So, what are you waiting for?
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed…” II Timothy
Evan Mehlenbacher has been a professional spiritual healer in Christian Science for over 18 years. Read more from his blog at Spiritview.
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