Last week, Tuesday, I believe, near the end of the day I started to feel heavy, a bit low, and stressed about keeping up with the demands of the moment. A headache started to set in and inspiration was hard to find.

I had USTA tennis team practice that evening. I went, praying on the way for the darkness to lift and joy to return.

During practice, my prayer was simple: there is one Spirit, God, and there is no heaviness in God, no depressed feelings, no pain, no suffering. There is no “hurting spirit,” I protested.

Part way through our drills I looked around at the other 8 players working on their strokes, their volleys, their serves, their returns, and everyone was having a great time. There were smiles, and goodwill, cheer and positive expectancy.

I thought, “That’s the one Spirit!” I reminded myself that there are not many spirits, many mortals, with their own little struggling minds, but one Spirit, expressed equally and abundantly through every child of God. And evidence of Spirit’s goodness is all around if one looks for it.

In this glimpse of the one Spirit so actively and tangibly expressed on court through my friends, I forgot about myself, my problem and my suffering. And to my delight, I quickly discovered the heaviness vanished. The pain was suddenly gone.

I was free.

My joy returned!

Wow!

What a great healing. I rejoiced.

It was such a simple spiritual insight: one Spirit, one God, a good Spirit, a happy Spirit, a pain free Spirit. There is no heavy spirit, dark spirit, lost spirit, or struggling spirit. As a child of God, I reflect the one Spirit that is always on top of the demands of life, never struggling underneath of them.

And you reflect this same pain free Spirit too.

Enjoy…