Happy Sunday Friend !

Life brings painful moments: a relationship ends, someone we love leaves, we lose something precious, or life takes a direction we never would have chosen.

We feel sad, disappointed, angry, or worried. And that’s human.

But this week, an idea from A Course in Miracles invites me to see these experiences differently: “I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.”

At first, it may seem impossible. How can we change our thoughts when our heart is broken? And why should we feel guilty for suffering?

We acknowledge the pain.

Grieving is not a mistake. Feeling anger at injustice is not a spiritual failure. Being sad after a breakup doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten how to love.

Our emotions are part of being human. But what we feel and what we choose to believe about what is happening are two different things.

After a breakup, for example, the separation and the sadness are real. Yet the mind may add: I’ll never be happy again. I’ve lost my only chance to be loved. I’ll never find peace.

Could we consider that these thoughts, however convincing, aren’t telling the whole truth?

When the form changes, love doesn’t necessarily disappear.

A relationship can change without erasing everything it brought us. A loved one can leave our daily life, or this world, without the love we shared ceasing to exist in our hearts.

The absence is there, but it invites us not to confuse the end of a particular form with the disappearance of everything that mattered.

I can gently learn.

I’m not yet able to transform every painful thought into peace or joy. Far from it! 😊

But I’m getting better at noticing my thoughts and questioning them. Inner peace isn’t a state we achieve once and for all. It’s more a relationship we learn to cultivate with our own mind.

One day, facing a difficult situation, we may catch ourselves thinking: Wait… am I absolutely certain this thought is true? Do I have to keep believing it so completely?

Not being able to do this right away doesn’t mean we’ve failed. It means we’re learning.

We don’t have to hold on to every thought.

Sometimes we keep our pain alive by replaying conversations, imagining what we should have said, or anticipating catastrophes that haven’t happened.

But a thought repeated a thousand times doesn’t necessarily become the truth.

If we could simply observe it, without judgment or pressure, and gently remind ourselves: “I can see this differently.” ?

Maybe not right now. nor completely, but staying open to the possibility is already a beginning.

🕊️ The Little Flight

This week, when a thought causes you pain, don’t try to make it disappear.

First, acknowledge what you feel. Then gently ask:

“Is this thought a fact… or an interpretation?”
“Do I have to keep believing it so completely?”

You don’t need to find a happier thought right away. Simply make a little room for another way of seeing.

Sometimes, peace begins not when we find all the answers, but when we stop believing that our first interpretation is the only possible one.

With all my gratitude,
Janice 

P.S. When we notice a painful thought, lets gently asked ourselves whether we want to keep giving it so much power...

Namasté 🙏

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📚 READ — Loving What Is by Byron Katie
A gentle invitation to question the beliefs that cause suffering, especially through one essential question: “Is it absolutely true?”

https://amzn.to/3WjLgli

🎬 WATCH — About Time (2013)
A tender film about love, family, loss, and the way we experience ordinary days—reminding us that happiness also depends on how we choose to see life.

https://amzn.to/47eO4CB

🎵 LISTEN — “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles
A beautiful reminder that difficult seasons do not necessarily last forever, and that even a glimpse of light can open the way to hope.

https://youtu.be/KQetemT1sWc