The Knowing
By Joan Gattuso

"The memory lies in us of how it could be in a loving relationship with one another, how it could be holy, filled with gentleness, kissed by heaven. And that love could be extended to everyone.
 
There is somewhere with in each of us a place where we remember and we know. It may have become but a faint whisper today, but when we are quiet, we hear it still.
 
Through all the madness that has been perpetrated in the name of love, through the dysfunctional patterns and tears and fears, beneath it all lies this ancient knowing. We are not here to do battle and create a hell out of God's holy ground; we are here to love one another, to experience heaven here together."
 
"It is possible to have love without conflicts, to totally forgive the past, to have happiness as the purpose of relationships, to know that relationships were meant to be holy. I held to these truths and began an incredible journey of transformation. That journey and what could be yours is presented to you in A Course in Love."
 
Joan Gattuso is minister of Unity of Greater Cleveland and leads workshops nationwide. She lives in a holy, rising loving relationship with her husband David Alexander, in Bratenahl, Ohio.