Ego says, “Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace”. Spirit says, “Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place”.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONEgo says, “Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace”. Spirit says, “Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place”.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONLiving meaningfully is what brings joy.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONForgiveness 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 WILLIAMSONBehind every dark cloud there is an every-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONThe universe is already programmed to give each of us a year of happiness. Our challenge lies in programming ourselves to receive it.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONWe do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONWe are not held back by the love we didn’t receive in the past, but by the love we’re not extending in the present.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONThe more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONEvery bird that sings, sings for you. Every breeze that blows, blows for you. Every sunray shines for you. If you only knew how loved you are.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONWith every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle. It is not our circumstances, then, but rather our thoughts about our circumstances, that determine our power to transform them.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONSomething very beautiful happens to people when their world’s fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONDarkness is merely the absence of light, and fear is merely the absence of love. If we want to be rid of fear, we cannot fight it but must replace it with love.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONEvery act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONUntil we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And we find that we cannot. For all darkness in the world stems from darkness in the heart. And it is there that we must do our work.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONYour future isn’t programmed by your past; it’s programmed by your thoughts.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONWhatever situation you’re in: Send love, place it in God’s hands, open your heart to everyone involved – and it will turn out miraculously.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON