 In the parable of David, I seemed to go through cub scouts and boy scouts, and Armado was, be prepared. And so, you know, that could be helpful, but you really have to look at what is the preparation. We were always prepared, you know, with our hikes and always have water and carry some tools. It was all survival of the body, be prepared. But actually, if you really look at spiritually, be prepared. It's be in touch, be in tune. Stay connected. Stay aligned. Stay allowing. Stay allowing. Stay allowing with everything. In the manual for teachers of the Course in Miracles, Jesus has the stages that you'll go through. He also lists the characteristics of a teacher of God, and it starts with trust, and he tells you the stages you'll go through. But trust is the cornerstone, trust is the first attribute, first characteristic, and all the rest, he said, rest on trust. So trust is very important, trust in the Holy Spirit. But then, if you go through all the ten characteristics, the last one, number ten, he says, perhaps the last one to come in into accomplishment or fruition is open-mindedness. That's where this is all heading. There's nothing greater than a tranquil open mind. An open mind does not judge. It doesn't already think that it knows something. It simply stays completely open, completely present, and therefore that's, you might say, the most delightful state of mind that you could ever experience. And even when you're going through the other stages and you're developing those other characteristics, you have a great appreciation for open-mindedness because it's free. An open mind is free. An open mind doesn't have an agenda. An open mind doesn't have preset conditions. It's not already thinking it knows something. It's completely in the unknowing about the world, and it's made way for divine knowledge, for heaven, for pure spirit to be welcomed back into awareness because it doesn't try to tell spirit what it already is. It's open to be shown to have it revealed. And that's really what salvation is. Salvation is not knowing something about the world. It's coming with empty arms, with openness. I do not know the thing I am, what I'm doing, where I'm going, or how to look upon the world or upon myself. That's what salvation is. Where you've actually let go of all the definitions of time and space and the definitions of yourself and the definitions of God. And you come without a definition. That's what open-mindedness is. There's not the slightest attempt to define a meaning.