Your character defects are not where you’re bad, but where you’re wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it’s yours now and you’re responsible for it.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONOur triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.
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If you want to end darkness you cannot beat it with a baseball bat, you have to turn on a light.
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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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Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.
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Love, when it is a sacred quest, is a space of resurrection and repair. It does more than help us survive a soulless world; it helps us to transform.
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Magic happens when you tell the universe what you want it to do for you; miracles happen when you ask how you can be of service to the universe.
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Prepare for the new; expect the new; embrace the new. Otherwise, you’ll just repeat what’s old.
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Part of forgiving people is releasing them from our own agendas.
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Think of everything you’ve ever experienced that was painful; that’s the meaning of Good Friday. Think of all the ways that love ultimately healed your heart; that’s the meaning of Easter.
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Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
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The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic spotlight isn’t pointed at you, it radiates from within you.
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Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.
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Any situation that pushes our buttons is a situation where we don’t yet have the capacity to be unconditionally loving.
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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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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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We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.
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