This lesson reminds us that we are moving toward eternity. The world as we know it is not the only world we will come to know. This perspective helps us to realize that forgiveness and gratitude are easy to give. When you are on your way somewhere wonderful, you can be generous and forgiving as you move to higher ground.

Only an instant does this world endure.

This is a thought which can be used to say that death and sorrow are the certain lot of all who come here, for their joys are gone before they are possessed, or even grasped. Yet this is also the idea that lets no false perception keep us in its hold, nor represent more than a passing cloud upon a sky eternally serene. And it is this serenity we seek, unclouded, obvious and sure, today.

We seek Your holy world today. For we, Your loving Sons, have lost our way a while. But we have listened to Your Voice, and learned exactly what to do to be restored to Heaven and our true Identity. And we give thanks today the world endures but for an instant. We would go beyond that tiny instant to eternity.

Quote of the Day
"Purity of heart will not make us poor. The exaltation of poverty as a spiritual virtue is of the ego, not the spirit. A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral authority, that worldly success is a natural result."

— Excerpted from A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles