Four Agreements

HIS BUTTON END -->co-creation in the words of Henry David Thoreau:
Your best is going to change from moment to“I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if
moment. Under any circumstance, simply do yourone advances confidently in the direction of his
best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse,dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has
and regret.imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in
We all need to learn to love ourselves more —common hours. He will put some things behind, will
to accept what is — and what isn’tpass an invisible boundary; new, universal and more
…and make it all okay!liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around
I’m not sure where this quote came from butand within him; or the old laws be expanded, and
I think it fits here -"We learn wisdom from failureinterpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he
much more than from success. We often discoverwill live with the license of a higher order of
what will do, by finding out what will not do; andbeings.”
probably he who never made a mistake never madeOnce God puts something in our hearts for us to do,
a discovery."we are to lock in on what it is that has been called
Don’t just study what others have to sayfor us to do. Our responsibility is to do what we
— don’t mimic what others doknow to do. We are responsible for the WHAT and
— YOU have a purpose here — dowe let God fill in the HOW
YOUR best…The most current wisdom I am learning AGAIN
I was ordained as a New Thought Minister and The— is to Let GO — SURRENDER to the
New Thought movement isn’t about learningPROCESS of Life… that’s what it means to
Ernest Holmes and Charles and Myrtle Fillmore…surrender to God — or to Good…
What they have invited us to do is to experienceI’d like to close this passage with a-piece sent
what they have experienced…to me by a friend — it’s the metaphor
There were times during my first few years infor our lives —
Ministry that I wasn’t sure I was doing myRising against gusting breeze, a kite flies. Tethered
best… I did all the things I’ve shared not tobut by a simple string, wind caressing its face, trailing
do — that’s how I knew to tell mytail behind, up, up, up it climbs. Flittering side to side.
students!!Dipping, lilting, skirting, ever taunting its line, "Higher,
We are NOT the creators of the Universe…Thehigher, higher, "
World is in continual evolution — We areLet the string roll too rapidly from its spindle, and the
responsible to be conscious of the process in ourwind loses its grasp. Hold on too tightly, and the kite
lives… We are co-creators.can't possibly rise. Loose and hold at the 'just right'
When you recognize yourself as a co-creator withmoments, the kite soars. Effortlessly, serenely, flirting
God, you have access to unlimited power and anwith the very heavens.
unlimited future. There is a beautiful description of