Have You Been Working Out?

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With the New Year upon us, we are reminded again of resolutions to make regarding diet, exercise -- the usual fare of small talk heard on buses, at the watercooler, on cell phones regarding how much more we intend to "work out." Gym memberships increase with the currency of intent. By spring, we can't remember where we put that membership card.

In 2008 let us move forward with the realization, that whatever we are asking of God, He will allow us to have only after preparing us for it. If we ask for patience, God will put us in situations where patience is required. So when we find ourselves tested by certain events, in reality, it is God's way of giving our Souls a "workout." Just as we condition our physical bodies -- tone muscles, maintain a good heartrate, etc., our spiritual selves require the same conditioning to stay in top shape.

When we make sacrifices, it is our spiritual workout. It is our way of telling the Universe that we are ready to receive the miracle. And the Universe will respond, it is assured.

Enlightenment is the only answer.