If you think the cause of your problem is 'out there,' you'll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.

You are the effect of your story, that's all.

Actually, I can't take credit for any of my decisions. I noticed one day that all my decisions were making themselves, and always at the right time. I haven't had to make one decision since then. They are always made for me, and they come from the wisdom that is in us all. I trust that wisdom completely. That trust itself was a decision made for me as inquiry cleared my mind. No decision, no fear.

That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's time to do The Work.

Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.

For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.

The most important relationship is the mind's relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate - and, really, the only - relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.