The only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONChildren are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called “All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
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It takes courage…to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.
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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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Imagine the most outrageously positive possibility for your life, claim it, and consider it done.
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And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
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God is the electricity and we are the lamps.
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Once the light of our awareness is cast on any darkness, then it cannot hide and it cannot remain. Such is the law of consciousness.
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When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.
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We aren’t bodies at all; who we are is the love inside us, and it is that love alone that determines our value. When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness.
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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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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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To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player.The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.
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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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If you know what changes a heart, you know what changes the world.
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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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We were all born carrying a promise — a promise to make the world better — and there’s a yearning to make good on that promise that none of us can suppress forever.
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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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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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Inner peace doesn’t come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.
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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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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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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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Your future isn’t programmed by your past; it’s programmed by your thoughts.
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A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower.
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Everything we do is either an act of love or a cry for help.
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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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