Whatever pit you may feel you are in, you do not have to stay there. That is the beautiful thing, that you can get up and leave any pit of despair you may have fallen into. Climb out. Rub your eyes, and climb out. Dig yourself out with your choice of joy. That is your shovel, your ability to choose. You are not at the mercy of dark thinking.

You may be at the mercy of the elements, but you are not at the mercy of the thoughts that run through your mind. Let them run all the way through and exit.

Let Us say there is an Express Train and a chugging local. Take the Express. It is headed for Happiness. There’s nothing wrong with the local, but you may have been taking it for a long time. It makes the same stops it always makes, and it doesn’t take you where you want to go. The Express gets you where you want to go, and fast. The Express has much less wear and tear on you. It takes you right to your destination. How fast the Express can go. How fast it can get you out of the doldrums and deliver you to Me where desolation and such cannot exist, do not exist, will not exist. Come, ride with Me on the Express. I go the shortest distance between the two points of where you find yourself and where you want to go.

You don’t need a ticket, but if you want a ticket, one has been waiting for you with your name already on it. Claim it, and hop on. Come aboard the daily express. There is room for all. You will always find a seat.

You are never asked for a ticket. You do not have to present it. The Express is rightfully yours for the asking. Well, you don’t even have to ask. A seat has already been assigned. Come, catch the Express. I am the Engineer. You are the passenger.

There is only one Express. Sometimes other trains look like the Express. Cheap imitations. Even so, they may fool you. Once you get on the wrong train and find your mistake, jump off. You can still catch the Express. It is always right at your doorstep. You are always right at the doorstep of Heaven. You are right here, and know it not. Now know it. Now you know where to catch the Heaven Express. You catch it right where you are. The Express is not a step away. It is boarding now.

You don’t have to pack. There is nothing to take. Certainly, the past can’t accompany you. There’s one thing that the Express doesn’t have room for, and that’s the past. Be on the lookout for the Express that says Heaven Now, and take it with dispatch.

It doesn’t matter whether you are dressed for the trip or not. It doesn’t matter if you have prepared. The Express is imminent. Keep it waiting no longer. It has been waiting for you. Would you really make it wait? It won’t go without you. Catch this train as you would hop up onto a swing in the park. Go higher. See how high you can go. Leave it to Me. All you have to do is to hop on.

Just say it, beloveds. Just say: “I hop onto God’s Express. That’s all I have to do is to hop on. Once on, I’m on my way.”

Acknowledge the train you prefer. Admit your preference, and then you are on. Then, whee, you ride the A train. Whee, you ride God’s Express that takes you right to My heart.