NOTHING IS EVER LOST
Question—I have lost my home. The mortgage company has gathered in what it has taken me a life-time to establish. How can I reconcile this fact with your teaching, that nothing is ever lost?

ANSWER—Changes come. However hard it may be for us to accept them, we are compelled to meet them. Our reaction is most important; it is by our reactions to circumstances that we measure our weakness or strength. The entire emotional field of our being is affected by our reactions to experiences. You say your home is lost, that you have been a "life-time establishing." We cannot see behind the scenes and check all the whys and wherefores for your losing it. But we can say to you: Stand fast. Know that if you could establish one "home" you can establish another. Yes, I know we hear contrary opinions all about us. But consider this: Is the possession of a house and lot really a home? Is not the state of mind much more of a home than the physical place you have known as a number on a certain street? The very spirit which built that ideal home is the Everlasting Spirit which builds the universe all about us. The law of "home" is everywhere. (page 146)

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