Subject: Who’s Holding Your Happiness Hostage? | Earl Purdy

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May 30, 2026

Hello Mighty Companion,


How many times have you let one person’s words, silence, attitude, or behavior decide whether you were going to have a good day?


That is how a grievance works. It convinces you that your happiness is in somebody else’s hands. It says, “I can’t feel okay until they apologize. I can’t relax until they change. I can’t be free until this situation looks different.” That may feel normal, but it's rooted in fear. It puts your happiness in the hands of a body, a personality, an ego, or a circumstance that you do not control.


That’s what A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 72 is helping you look at: “Holding grievances is an attack on God’s plan for salvation.” In plain language, every time you hold on to a grievance, you are saying, “If this person, this situation, this body, this money, or this past were different, then I could be happy.” And the Course is telling you that the ego’s plan will never give you the peace you want.


Love gives you another way. Love does not ask you to deny what happened. Love asks you to stop making another person responsible for your happiness. A grievance says, “They have power over me.” Forgiveness says, “I can choose again.”


You’ll never experience true freedom until you understand your true Identity and step into the limitless power that is rightfully yours.


If you’d like support applying the Course instead of just thinking about it, I invite you to connect with me through Clarity Sessions, Coaching & Mentoring, or the Mighty Companions Miracle Community. With nearly 50 years of experience practicing and teaching A Course in Miracles, I can help you see situations differently, use Course principles in daily life, and stay supported through live gatherings, Study Guide Journals, unlisted playlists, the Language of Love Glossary, and exclusive workshops.


This week, choose one grievance that has been running through your mind. Don’t pick the easy one. Pick the one you keep justifying.


Ask yourself:

  • Who or what am I making responsible for my happiness?

  • What am I waiting for them to do before I let myself feel free?

  • What fear am I making more real than love right now?

You don’t have to force forgiveness. You don’t have to pretend you are not upset. Just become willing to see how much power you have given away.


Your happiness is not being held hostage by them.


It is waiting for your willingness to choose again.


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With love and appreciation,
Earl

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✨This Week's Astrology: Let the Truth Rise Before You React

The week opens under the influence of the Sagittarius Full Moon on May 31, so the emotional picture gets bigger. Sagittarius pulls you out of the tiny details and asks you to look at the whole story. You may feel a need to tell the truth, question what you believe, or admit that an old perspective no longer fits. Because this Full Moon is part of the week’s strongest astrology, it can bring a sense of culmination, release, and “I can’t keep pretending I don’t know this anymore.”


Then the tone shifts as Mercury moves into Cancer and starts making sensitive, complicated aspects. Communication becomes more emotional. You may notice that your mind reaches into memory before it reaches for facts. Old family patterns, old hurts, and old interpretations can color what you hear. This does not mean your feelings are wrong. It means you need to slow down long enough to tell the difference between what someone said and what your nervous system added to it.


Around June 3–4, Mercury becomes the main character. Mercury square Neptune can blur the line between intuition and projection, while Mercury’s contact with Pluto can make thoughts more intense, suspicious, or obsessive. This is the part of the week when you do not want to rush into conclusions. Ask clarifying questions. Wait before sending the message. Don’t treat every fear as a fact.


By the end of the week, Mars quintile Jupiter and Sun quintile Neptune bring more creative, inspired energy. Once the emotional static clears, you may feel ready to act with more confidence or reconnect with prayer, creativity, music, meditation, or a quieter inner knowing. The conscious path this week is: tell the truth, check your assumptions, and let inspiration—not emotional reactivity—lead the next step.

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