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I know someone who has always had a lot of courage.  One day I asked her how did you develop your courage?  She said, “Well, when I was a little girl, growing up in Great Britain there was a popular brand of beer called Courage Beer.  There were large billboards everywhere advertising this beer.  There was a big sign right near my house with the word, ‘Courage’ and a big lion on it.  

“Every day when I was walking to school and I was just learning to read, I would read that world “Courage” and I would think a lot about what it means to be courageous and then I would try to be that.  I really think that that was what gave me courage.”

After Denise told me this story I thought about it and about how amazing it was that she had that sign near her house as she was growing up.  What luck!  Or is it luck?  What a wonderful drama!!  And how was it that she happened to pay attention to it, and that the beer part of the ad didn’t make an impression on her.

I had an experience a few years ago when I was going through some things in my life and I used to go down to Toronto every week to visit my son in the bookstore that he was running.  Right next to the bookstore was a clothing store with the name in big letters on the front of it, “Courage, My Love”.

Every week it seemed just as I was feeling a little bit down I would walk past that store and my eyes would go to the letters of the sign and I would smile and I would feel that God was saying to me, “Courage, my Love”  And I would say thank you and that was all it took to lift my spirits.  

Since that time (and the store is gone now), if I ever feel any sort of lacking in courage, I remember that sign and I smile and say thanks in my thoughts and I feel very courageous.  I have wonderful conversations with God in this way.

All I can say is what a wondrous drama!  Exactly perfect.

Many times when I am grocery shopping and I am talking to God in my mind asking questions about things, suddenly the mall music which I had been before unaware of, comes into my awareness and the words of the song are exactly what I needed to hear as the answer to my question.  

I’ll say something to God like this, “What is the virtue that I need to use in this situation?” and then the song will say, “All you need is love”.  I laugh so much and say, okay, thanks, you’re right, dearest One.  This happens all the time to me.

All I can say is what a wondrous drama!!

[Special guest writer Carol Biberstein makes her living as an artist, art teacher and Farmers’ Market Bread Lady in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. She has been a student of Raja Yoga meditation for 6 ½ years, has changed a lot from the inside outward, and expects to transform completely. She writes about deep spiritual matters to inspire others to transform their lives. All thanks goes to the Creator, the one who inspires the re-creation of the world!]