Review 1 Lesson 53

1. (11) My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world.
2. (12) I am upset because I see a meaningless world.
3. (13) A meaningless world engenders fear.
4. (14) God did not create a meaningless world.
5. (15) My thoughts are images that I have made.

All the world's a stage. And all the men and women merely players. [Shakespeare]

The script has been written. Like actors we are reading through our lines, acting out our scenes, going through our dress rehearsals. Opening night, the crowd is buzzing, the curtain draws up, and the light shines bright. You are on! You perform, the crowd reacts. The play ends, the lights dim, the curtain draws down, the play ends. The reviews are in. The play is a flop. The play is a wild success. It doesn't matter. "There is no "prize" out there. The only "prize" is inside of you. A lot of people are floating around out there lost, having no idea what they are doing. It's not enough to want to succeed, to be ambitious, to be rich, to be powerful. That's just desire. To know what you want, to understand why you are here, and why you are doing it, to dedicate every breathe in your body to give what you are called to do, there is nothing you cannot achieve." [Adapted from Kevin Spacey interview on success]. God did not create a meaningless world. We are here to remind ourselves of this fact. We are here to remember God, so that we can go home.