“There is a way of living in the world that is not here, although it seems to be. You do not change appearance, though you smile more frequently. Your forehead is serene; your eyes are quiet.…You walk this path as others walk, nor do you seem to be distinct from them, although you are indeed.”
One of my favorite passages from A Course In Miracles.
Remembering some old psychology course or was it just something I read a long time ago, it seems that to BE something you simply ACT AS IF YOU ARE that something. You want to be happy? Act as if you are happy! You want to be depressed? Act like you are depressed! You want to be famous? Act like you are famous!
I want to be at peace. So I try to act as if I am at peace. And guess what? It works, for as long as I can keep that thought in my mind. But as we all know, something in the world will invariably come along to distract us!
I tell the world, “Do what you will!” Then I resume acting as if I am at peace! Works for me!
How Do You Want To Live? Act It Out……………
