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Miracles result from a shift in our perceptions.

Every expression is either one of love or a cry for healing and help. Remembering this simplifies how we experience life. The most difficult of circumstances reveals a far simpler lesson than we might imagine when it is perceived through loving eyes and a forgiving heart.

But what of the abuse, physical or emotional, we may have suffered at the hands of parents or spouses? Can those experiences be forgotten, forgiven, or simply explained away? A Course in Miracles® teaches us that every unloving action is always a cry for healing and help. Regardless of its intensity, an act that hurts us is a cry for help that has grown out of fear.

Embracing this truth doesn't come easily at first. Maybe we can accept it in a few situations. A friend's put-down or the bus driver's rude remark can be overlooked. But the more serious circumstances require our willingness to suspend all judgment and offer only forgiveness instead. With time and practice this will become easier.

I will quietly think through an action before I take it today. I will ask myself, Is this action loving?

—from Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course