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Change the mind and the behavior follows.

Not one of us feels loving every minute. Even when we have been students of the Course for a long time, we are prone to behavior that embarrasses us at times. Why can't we change, once and for all? Actually, we can. That's the path we are on. We simply haven't arrived at the destination yet. In the meantime, we can take every chance we get to change our thoughts of attack to thoughts of love or forgiveness.

In some situations, it seems easier to change our behavior than our minds. For instance, when arguing with a friend, we may be certain we are right. But we don't have to yell or pout. We may keep our opinion, in fact, and our friends can keep theirs. It doesn't matter really. And that's what we come to understand. None of these differences really matter. They are nothing more than vehicles for learning what is real, what is important.

The quiet mind knows the only truth that matters. We will visit that place more frequently now. Our behavior will signal the change in us.

I may hope to change someone else by my actions today. That's folly. All I can change is my mind and my desire to change other people.

—from Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course