Happy New Year

With the arrival of a new year, many of us look forward to new things—new opportunities, new directions, new possibilities. Beneath all those hopes, however, is something even more fundamental: what we are seeking is also seeking us. Happiness. Peace. Security. Meaning. Support.

Science of Mind reminds us that the new year does not bring Life to us—Life is already expressing as us. When this is understood, the search for proof softens, faith steadies, and the new year is met not with anxiety or striving, but with recognition.

What follows is an invitation to begin this year grounded in what is already true.

The Proof Is You

We often look for proof of abundance out there—in bank accounts, opportunities, answered prayers, or visible success. We wait for something external to arrive so we can finally relax and say, “See? I’m supported.”

But what if we’ve been overlooking the most obvious evidence all along?

You are the proof.

“Life is not something that happens to us. It is something that happens as us.”

— Ernest Holmes

Before you earned a dollar, solved a problem, or figured anything out, you were brought into this world—against extraordinary odds. Millions of variables had to align for you to be here, breathing, thinking, loving, learning. That alone is not neutral. It is evidence.

Abundance didn’t start when things went right.

It started when you arrived.

The Miracle We Miss

We live as if support must be proven continuously, as if life owes us fresh evidence every day or it might withdraw its care. But the deepest proof of provision isn’t external—it’s existential.

“We do not have to convince Life to support us; we only need to recognize that it already does.”

— Ernest Holmes

If you are here:

Oxygen is available.

Life energy is moving through you.

Intelligence is animating your body.

Needs are being met at the most basic, essential level.

That doesn’t mean life is always comfortable. It means life is consistently supportive.

And there’s a difference.

“All Your Needs Are Met” — Really?

That phrase can sound naïve or even irritating when taken at face value. Bills still exist. Challenges still arise. Loss is real.

But spiritually speaking, need is not the same as want, and provision is not always packaged as preference.

“The universe responds to us according to our acceptance of it, not our demands upon it.”

— Ernest Holmes

What is always present is:

Enough breath for this moment

Enough awareness to respond

Enough intelligence to adapt

Enough support to continue

If that were not true, you wouldn’t be here to question it.

When This Is Seen, Something Shifts

When you realize you are the evidence of life’s abundance—not the things you accumulate—faith stops being forced. It becomes natural.

Anxiety loosens its grip.

Fear loses its urgency.

The nervous system softens.

“Faith is a mental attitude so inwardly embodied that the mind no longer argues with it.”

— Ernest Holmes

Why?

Because the burden of proving your worth or securing your right to exist falls away.

You stop asking, “Will I be supported?”

And start noticing, “I already am.”

Faith Rooted in Reality

This isn’t blind optimism. It’s grounded awareness.

Abundance isn’t a promise about the future—it’s a fact of your presence. You don’t have to manufacture it, earn it, or convince yourself of it. You only have to notice what’s already true.

“There is a Power for good in the universe greater than you are—and you can use it.”

— Ernest Holmes

You are not waiting for proof.

The proof is you.

And when that is truly seen—not just thought about, but felt—life begins to be met with steadiness instead of struggle, trust instead of tension, and participation instead of fear.

That’s where real abundance lives.

Rev. Tracey Harrick

Centers For Spiritual Living