A Course in Miracles

Hello everyone :)
I hope all is well wherever you are. I'm excited today because a book I had requested from another library arrived... it's a little bit like getting a present or a package when that happens. I appreciate it. The book I requested was A Course in Miracles. In the introduction it says the book can be summarized by the following:
-Nothing real can be threatened.
-Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.

In the coming weeks I hope to understand that message. I'm up for the challenge.

After my detox, I feel like a bit of a new person. I've been working out more and eating healthier... trying harder to be true to myself in this place. Realized this morning that living on residence here is a source of frustration much of the time for me. I am over hearing stories from everyone going to the pubs all the time... I am over people distracting me when I'd like to do homework... I am over people in front of the TV 24/7, never talking to or learning about the people they're sharing space with... I'm over 7 people cooking themselves dinner in one kitchen and not sharing food together... but this is good because, this pinnacle of annoyance is leading me to a place I'd rather be... so I'm having dinner tonight with Ellie, then visiting Colleen this evening (who also is interested in actually knowing people)... and it's good.... I'm feeling glad that I was motivated to move... but still trying to learn from frustrations and address the issues under them.

Yesterday was glorious! It was the final day of my detox and I was thrilled to receive a small piece of paper from the hands of someone wonderful halfway around the world. Mail is amazing (no joke, think about it)... as is the tenacity of relationships over space and time.

Things I'm thankful for today:
-being able to eat anything! (but still eating relatively healthy food)
-white grapes
-my crazy ladies in Ber town who make me smile
-my family
-health food stores
-inter library loans
-David Wilcox music
-the perfect moment at the gym-finishing my workout on the elliptical machine while the Australian Biggest Loser theme song came on the radio.
-being able to learn and experience things
-Beth
-a postcard from a truck stop that found its way back to me somehow