I want to see things differently.

At some point in our journey with A Course in Miracles, we all arrive at that moment where the lesson “I want to see things differently” suddenly feels essential.

It jumps out of the Workbook, lands right in the middle of our day, and looks us straight in the heart.

And then the mind immediately responds with a whole row of questions: What does that actually mean? How will I see things? And how do I do it?

These are sincere questions, but they oftenkeep us spinning in circles, because the ego loves to whisper in our ears that if we don’t know the ‘how’, we shouldn’t even start.

Yet the Course tells a completely different story: you don’t need to know how…you only need to be ‘willing’. The shift itself is done for you.

Now… that sounds beautiful but also slightly suspicious, doesn’t it? As if Heaven is saying, “Don’t worry about the mechanics, dear one,” while a very human part of us is still thinking: “But I do want to know! I want to understand how this works. I want to know what will change, what I’ll feel, what I’ll see.”

And that curiosity is completely welcome. The Course never asks you to stop thinking; it simply invites you to stop orchestrating the miracle yourself.

The point is…understanding comes after the willingness, not before,

because the real understanding arrives through the changes you feel and the shifts you actually experience.

You learn how it works by watching your own mind soften.

The doorway into that willingness is incredibly simple. You just say or even whisper inside:

“I want to see things differently.”

Or, if you prefer the gentle sister of the same idea:

“I could see peace instead of this.”

They sound almost too small to matter, and yet the moment we say them sincerely, we are not changing the world…we are changing the inner place from which we look at it. That shift is where everything begins.

If we really want to understand this teaching, let’s make it practical, alive, familiar, because this is where the Course becomes fun.

Think of those moments when life feels like sh…., when f.e. a friend spills coffee on your beautiful white tablecloth, or you walk into a doorframe and suddenly feel irritated for absolutely no raeson at all. But then you remember:

“I want to see this differently.”

The first thing that changes is the tension inside you. Something loosens. A tiny bit of space opens, as if a window lifts and the inner storm loses half its intensity. You still see the dirty tablecloth, but the emotional soundtrack has been turned way down.

Then another shift follows, very quietly: you stop taking things personally.

Where you once would have thought, “They did this to me,” you begin to see that people act from their own fear, confusion, or inner turmoil.

With that recognition comes a surprising sense of relief. You’re no longer the target of the world; you’re simply observing it. That is a kind of freedom the ego cannot imitate.

As this continues, perception slowly opens into possibilities instead of problems.

A delay becomes an unexpected rest.

A mistake becomes gentle guidance.

A conflict becomes a classroom.

A disappointment becomes a quiet redirection.

Things stop working against you and start working with you the moment you stop insisting that you already know what everything means. This is the Course at work…subtle, steady, unmistakable.

And then there is the shift of innocence.

You see someone behaving badly, impatient, rude, distracted and instead of irritation, something different appears.

You sense the fear behind the behavior, the confusion behind the words, the innocence behind the mask.

Without effort, you become kinder and lighter. And strangely enough, the body often responds too: even your shoulder recovers more quickly when someone bumps into you, because the body always follows the mind.

But the most profound shift is how you begin to see yourself.

You stop believing you’re a fragile figure navigating a dangerous world.

You feel a quiet presence within you…a witness, an awareness, the one who looks. The Course calls this the Son of God.

And as this recognition grows, fear naturally melts away. Along with it goes the endless need to control everything. Life stops being something to fight and becomes something to walk through gently, because you no longer believe it is your enemy.

So what does it really mean to “see differently”? It means seeing without fear. It means no longer interpreting everything as an attack, a threat, a problem, or a disappointment. It means recognizing that the world you see is a reflection of the state of mind you choose. And when you choose peace, the reflection softens.

Life becomes a place of remembering rather than resisting.

It becomes a school of kindness rather than a battlefield of survival.

It becomes a playground where you learn, explore, and laugh, even when things are far from perfect on the surface.

And through all of this, one small sentence keeps doing its quiet, miraculous work:

“I want to see things differently.”

You don’t force the miracle….you simply open the door !

Everything else is done for you…gently, kindly, and always in your favor.

With love and light,

G.