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 WILLIAMSONTo the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.
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Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
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The more we allow ourselves to enjoy, the more reasons we find to be joyful.
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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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We don’t reach the light through endless analysis of the dark. We reach the light by choosing the light.
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Sometimes when we don’t know the answer, it’s time to simply be with the question.
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Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.
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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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Our problem is not that we don’t have power, so much as that we tend to not use the power we have.
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In each of us, there lies a divine connection to a power more powerful than hate or violence. Today is the day to attune to that power and use it on behalf of peace on earth.
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Love isn’t material. It’s energy. We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining and intimacy.
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Forgiveness is the ultimate preventive medicine, as well as the greatest healer.
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People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.
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Forgiveness is the key to inner peace because it is the mental technique by which our thoughts are transformed from fear to love.
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May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
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Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.
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