1."Get It For Yourself."If you are honest with yourself you'll recognize what's meant for you. It'll hit you between the eyes. If it doesn't, let it go past you. It's obviously meant for someone else. So mind your own business and search for that which applies to you only. You've enough work to do getting yourself sorted out.

2."What Am I Meant To Learn From This Situation?" Every situation  comes with an inbuilt personal lesson, your name on it. However, you are not unique. Someone has been there, before you, in a similar situation. Stay calm. Help is at hand. Can't you hear the cavalry tooting its horn? One of God's John Waynes is heading your way.

3. "The Greatest Gift You Can Give To Others Is Your Own Freedom."A doctor needs to stay healthy in order to be able to help the sick. You need to realize and experience your own true freedom in order to be able to beat the trail for others. So be your own best friend and look after yourself.

4. "If You're Willing To Wait Forever It Won't Take Long." Stop thinking so much. You'll only give yourself a headache. The Past, Present and the Future belong to Time. You do not!  At this very moment, as you read these words, you read them from a Timeless Zone within you. All of Time, with its memories, experiences and speculations, is present, right now. "Forever" is where you truly live. Being still in this moment passes the buck (the problem), rightfully, to The One Who Is, the One Who owns all Times and all Forevers and all Ways.

5. "Create A Space." "Nature abhors a vacuum", but God loves a vacuum. When you hand over your problem to God you willingly create a vacuum in your heart, a space which you on your throne had occupied, a space which He delights to fill with His peace, His joy, etc. After that, if a specific answer to your problem is also required, it too will come.

6. "All Things Are Possible." In the Land of Always and Forever there are no limitations and no conditions. Everything worthwhile is always available. Take heart. It's a well-worn path to that Land, well-trodden by many travelers. Listen to what they have to say.

7. "See Past The Appearances." What you see is what you get!  This old world is the stage for the magicians of the World-Belief-System. Sleight of hand is the order of the day but remember, no matter what they show you, no matter how well they dazzle you, there's always a catch. Don't be fooled! At the end of the day they'll all have to pack up their boxes of tricks with their mirrors and hidden switches and false bottoms and walk off the stage too.

8. "Hi, Grumpy! I Hope Snow White Burns Your Dinner!"Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else laughs at you. To take yourself too seriously is like sticking your feet in a bucket of cement. You aren't going anywhere except down, and already you are watering the Prideful Roots of Stupidity. You're stuck solidly in "Me" and "Mine" and Alcatraz has been reopened.

9. "Mirror, Mirror On The Wall..." I live with me, always have done and always will. You have to live with you. Two's company. It takes two to tango. Three's a crowd. Before you can live with others you have to be able to live with yourself. Dance with yourself. Hug yourself. Tell yourself that joke, again! Get free so you can enjoy your own company. Look in the mirror. Check out No.7 above and see your True Self behind that face, grinning out at you.

10. "Pick'n Mix."Feeling like no one loves you . . .like there's no way out? You need a friend and they've either died or are on vacation? Take a quick shifty at the Basic Laws. Be quiet for a moment and ask yourself which Law comes nearest to lifting your heart a little. Be still and let the Wisdom in that Law speak to you . . . A cool drink in the desert of your life!

       I wish you well on your journey,
                       Charles Vandornn.

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