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What if the peace you’re chasing with plans, strategies, and endless to-do lists is already available the moment you stop steering? We open Lesson 361 from A Course in Miracles and lean into a bold invitation: offer the present to a wiser voice and let it be in charge. Not as an external authority, but as the inner Guide that never left the way and always points us back to calm, clarity, and trust.
Together we unpack the subtle but exhausting habit of self-authorship—the constant drive to decide what things mean, what will fix them, and who we need to be. Anxiety shows up as the strain of directing ourselves; relief arrives when we consent to listen. By reframing responsibility from control to truth, we begin to sense how peace emerges naturally when we stop negotiating with reality. The turning point isn’t perfect decisions; it’s a shift in interpretation. Events are neutral. The meaning we assign either tightens fear or opens love.
You’ll hear practical ways to pause and surrender throughout the day, including a simple practice repeated twice and every hour: be you in charge, for I would follow you, certain your direction gives me peace. We explore how forgiveness becomes automatic when we let the Holy Spirit interpret everything, how neutrality is not indifference but steady warmth, and how alignment grows familiar—like maintaining a balanced body temperature with small, honest adjustments. Over time, what feels like a choice becomes a way of seeing.
If you’re tired of managing outcomes and ready to trade control for guidance, this conversation offers a grounded path home to peace. Listen, try the practice, and notice what softens. If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a gentler way, and leave a review to help others find the guidance they’re seeking.
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By Hope JohnsonSend Hope a Text
What if the peace you’re chasing with plans, strategies, and endless to-do lists is already available the moment you stop steering? We open Lesson 361 from A Course in Miracles and lean into a bold invitation: offer the present to a wiser voice and let it be in charge. Not as an external authority, but as the inner Guide that never left the way and always points us back to calm, clarity, and trust.
Together we unpack the subtle but exhausting habit of self-authorship—the constant drive to decide what things mean, what will fix them, and who we need to be. Anxiety shows up as the strain of directing ourselves; relief arrives when we consent to listen. By reframing responsibility from control to truth, we begin to sense how peace emerges naturally when we stop negotiating with reality. The turning point isn’t perfect decisions; it’s a shift in interpretation. Events are neutral. The meaning we assign either tightens fear or opens love.
You’ll hear practical ways to pause and surrender throughout the day, including a simple practice repeated twice and every hour: be you in charge, for I would follow you, certain your direction gives me peace. We explore how forgiveness becomes automatic when we let the Holy Spirit interpret everything, how neutrality is not indifference but steady warmth, and how alignment grows familiar—like maintaining a balanced body temperature with small, honest adjustments. Over time, what feels like a choice becomes a way of seeing.
If you’re tired of managing outcomes and ready to trade control for guidance, this conversation offers a grounded path home to peace. Listen, try the practice, and notice what softens. If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a gentler way, and leave a review to help others find the guidance they’re seeking.
🕊️ Go deeper with me
Book a 1:1 Session
🌸 Give and Support my Ministry:
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đź“™ Read, Watch, or Listen
Substack