When you walk through brambles in a thicket, you just walk through them. You do not moan and groan over each bramble. You are on your way to somewhere grand. You don't mind the brambles so much. They do not deter you. They do not defeat you. They do not occupy all your thoughts, for you are on your way to somewhere.

So, in life, when many things seem to encroach on your life and upset you, remember that you are on your way to somewhere grand. Never mind the brambles that snap at you. You have more to think about than brambles. They are there, but they don't have to get in your way.

Consider that you are on your way to peace, for example. There are skirmishes, but you don't stop there. You are on your way to peace. There may be strafing and rat-a-tat-tats. You hear them, but you don't stop, for you are on your way.

Beloveds, you are on your way. There may be stopping-places along the way, but you do not need to stop at any of them. Interferences do not need to interfere. Do not be seduced. It is not only the beautiful that seduces you. You have made annoyances into Loreleis, and they have taken your mind off where you are going. You have bandied there with them. You have slept with them. You have tossed them back and forth in your mind. Sooner or later you will get up from them. Why delay in the first place?

Annoyances need not frazzle you. A mountain of annoyances need not frazzle you. Annoyances are annoyances. You find them at home and away. They don't have to get to you. Let Me get to you.

Let love get to you. Let beauty and joy. Forget about annoyances. Forget about problems. They are pesky things, and sooner or later they disappear, and you will find other ones in their place. They do not have to hound you. Stop looking around at them, and maybe they will stop harping at you.

In the relative world, there will be problems. But what are they really? You sort them into big and little, many or few, and you play cards with them. You become absorbed in them. You stack them up, and you knock them down, and others appear in their place. What have you accomplished?

Treat aggravations as though they were ants. In terms of the big picture, they are. They are nothing at all. Remember where you are going. Step over the ants. Never mind them. They do not have to have say over you.

You have better things to get swept up in. Get swept up in My arms. I will carry you over the ant hills, and you will find that you can take them in your stride. All the while, your stride is long. Your legs are tall. You can out-walk any of the pesky problems that present themselves.

Do not put annoyances on center stage. There is no audience you must present them to. Annoyances are annoyances. They do not have to twist your heart. You are mightier than the largest problem. You are mightier than anything.

Do not respect your problems so much. Do not give them esteem. They are only problems, and they will come and they will go. Even if they walk all over you, you don't need to be trampled.