Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONLove is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.
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Forgiveness is the choice to see people as they are now. When we’re mad at people, we’re angry because of something they said or did before this moment. By letting go of the past, we make room for miracles to replace our grievances.
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You playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won’t feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.
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Let’s forgive the past and who we were then. Let’s embrace the present and who we’re capable of becoming. Let’s surrender the future and watch miracles unfold.
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Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.
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A relationship is more of an assignment than a choice. We can walk away from the assignment, but we cannot walk away from the lessons it presents. We stay with a relationship until a lesson is learned, or we simply learn it another way.
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Everything we do is either an act of love or a cry for help.
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To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.
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Part of forgiving people is releasing them from our own agendas.
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You don’t need a new life, just a new lens through which to view the one you have.
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It is our own thoughts that hold the key to miraculous transformation.
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The choice to be used as an instrument of love, right here, right now, is a choice for personal empowerment.
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The more we allow ourselves to enjoy, the more reasons we find to be joyful.
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The meaningful question is never what we did yesterday, but what we have learned from it and are doing today.
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The more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.
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Life is a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself. The end of one physical incarnation is like the end of a chapter, on some level setting up the beginning of another.
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