It is cause and effect right through.

When we think a sad thought, we are adding to the sorrow of the world. When we think a glad thought, then, instantly, we are adding to the joy of the world. When we think brave thoughts, then, unconsciously to themselves, the weak ones square their shoulders. When we think a holy thought, the Spirit of God within us rises and dominates that which is mundane.

It is cause and effect right through. We can build or we can destroy. We can add a link or we can break one that has already been put together by much effort. We can lift up another or we can push them one pace further down. We can be an instrument of God or we can—unwillingly though it may be—we can be used by the shadows to strike that which is Love itself.

And so joy hides its head until we recognise that we belong to the light, and not to darkness, to freedom, and not to captivity, to peace, and not to strife, to gladness, and not to sorrow.

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