"Each time you practice,
awareness is brought a little nearer at least;
sometimes a thousand years or more are saved.

The minutes which you give are
multiplied over and over,
for the miracle makes use of time,
but is not ruled by it.

Give, then, these minutes willingly,
and count on Him Who promised to
lay timelessness beside them.

He will offer all His strength to
every little effort that you make.

Give Him the minutes which He needs today,
to help you understand with Him
you are the spirit that abides in Him,
and that calls through His Voice to every living thing;
offers His sight to everyone who asks;
replaces error with the simple truth.
 

The Holy Spirit will be glad to
take five minutes of each hour from your hands,
and carry them around this aching world
where pain and misery appear to rule.

He will not overlook one open mind
that will accept the healing gifts they bring,
and He will lay them everywhere
He knows they will be welcome.

And they will increase in healing power
each time someone accepts them as his thoughts,
and uses them to heal.
 

Thus will each gift to Him be multiplied
a thousandfold and tens of thousands more.

And when it is returned to you,
it will surpass in might the little gift you gave
as much as does the radiance of the sun
outshine the tiny gleam a firefly makes
an uncertain moment and goes out.

The steady brilliance of this light remains
and leads you out of darkness,
nor will you be able to forget the way again."