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.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONSuccess 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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In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.
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Darkness 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.
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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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God is the electricity and we are the lamps.
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Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.
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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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Your life shows up for you when you show up for your life.
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Forgiveness 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.
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For every person who might reject you if you live your truth, there are ten others who will embrace you and welcome you home.
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A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love-from a belief in what is not real, to faith in that which is. That shift in perception changes everything.
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Carrying the past in to the present, we program the future to continue the past. Letting go the past in the present, we free the future to be something else.
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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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Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.
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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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The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.
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No matter what the problem, a miracle can solve it. Remember to ask for one.
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Just like a sunbeam can’t separate itself from the sun, and a wave can’t separate itself from the ocean, we can’t separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind.
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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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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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Ego says, “Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace”. Spirit says, “Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place”.
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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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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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Forgiveness is the ultimate preventive medicine, as well as the greatest healer.
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You get to decide what energy you choose to download in any moment. No one but you gets to decide who you wish to be.
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Consider the possibility of infinite possibility.
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