Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life Heavenletter #5462 Published on: November 7, 2015 God said: One purpose of your life must be for delving into this mystery called life. You can know that your purpose in life is to serve Me which is the same as to serve the Universe and everyone in it. One purpose may seem grander than another, yet that is not the way I see it. Purpose is purpose. The little boy who put his finger in the dike in Holland had a purpose. His purpose was to keep a flood at bay. In the world, a purpose holds a certain weight, and another purpose is less and another greater, yet this is not how I see it. Every purpose is great. You are worthwhile. I say it again: You are worthwhile. YOU ARE WORTHWHILE. What was that fable about the lion who was great and a rat who was small, and, yet, when the great lion had been caught in a trap, the rat chewed the rope that had kept the lion captured, and so it was the rat who set the mighty lion free. Every purpose is great, and every event is great, from the biggest to the smallest, no matter how the world sees it. You serve no matter what the cost. I bring this up because I would like to suggest that you don't have to associate cost with service. Why? Dear Ones, why include the concept of cost with the service you give to the Universe? Neither pain nor suffering create exalted service. Yes, of course, pain itself may serve a purpose, yet pain does not serve better than freedom from pain. Pain is not necessary to make your service noble. You can be a saint without pain. Have the idea that you don't, absolutely don't need pain of any kind. You don’t have to hurt. Hurt does not belong to you. Enduring pain is not a requirement. I would love those of you who suffer in whatever manner you do to carry the idea that pain has no bearing on you. You can indeed have a good attitude about life as a whole and your own life in particular. You don't have to go through fire in order to purify or anything like that. This is a delicate point I am trying to make. I would like you to have the idea that pain, no matter how much you have and how much you can’t officially seem to stop it, is not something you have to have. It’s true that good can come from anything, and, still, pain is not a requirement. You may have great pain. You can’t deny it, yet I would love you to see pain as not belonging to you. Nor must the reasons why you do suffer be listed and checked off. Nor must the reasons why someone else does not have pain be listed and checked off. Neither pain nor pain-free is a measurement of worth. I would love you to think you don’t have to have pain. It would not be a sacrifice to give up pain. Can you be courageous with pain? Yes. Can pain make you humble? Yes. Yes, indeed. You can also be courageous and humble without pain as well. There is no price you or anyone has to pay for being alive on Earth.