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Living meaningfully is what brings joy.

Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON

Beyond Deep Fear Measurement Ourselves Powerful
Until 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.
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Darkness Heart Monster Ourselves Philosophy Try Work World
If our emotional stability is based on what other people do or do not do, then we have no stability. If our emotional stability is based on love that is changeless and unalterable, then we attain the stability of God.
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Change Emotional God Love Maturity Ourselves People Philosophy Stability
Don’t be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.
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Appearance Fall Order Wonderful
You can live your life out of a circumstance or you can live your life out of a vision.
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Circumstance Life Live Vision Yourself
If we never take a risk, we’ll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had.
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Ourselves Philosophy Risk Wisdom
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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Born Earth Fear Heart Journey Learning Love Purpose Spiritual
The universe is already programmed to give each of us a year of happiness. Our challenge lies in programming ourselves to receive it.
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Challenge Happiness Ourselves Program Universe
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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Fear Forgiveness Love Mental Peace Thinking Transformation
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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Mindset Return Revenge Thinking Violence
And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
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Listening Ourselves Voice
Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
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Born Fear Learning Love Ourselves
Prepare for the new; expect the new; embrace the new. Otherwise, you’ll just repeat what’s old.
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Expectation Old Preparation Repeat Yourself
Thought is cause: experience is effect. If you don’t like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking.
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Change Effect Experience Nature Reason Thinking Yourself
Love and fear represent two different lenses through which to view the world. Which I choose to use will determine what I think I see.
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Determination Fear Love Myself Represent
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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Darkness End Light Yourself

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