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.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONDon’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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Part of forgiving people is releasing them from our own agendas.
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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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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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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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Once you know that every moment and every person and every situation has something to teach you, you’re a student all day. You know it’s the depth of your observation that is the issue – not how much the world has to show you.
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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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Whatever situation you’re in: Send love, place it in God’s hands, open your heart to everyone involved – and it will turn out miraculously.
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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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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.
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Forgiveness is the ultimate preventive medicine, as well as the greatest healer.
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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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Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.
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Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.
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And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
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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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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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The one good thing about failure is that it makes you consider doing things a different way.
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Imagine the most outrageously positive possibility for your life, claim it, and consider it done.
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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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Behind every dark cloud there is an every-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass.
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Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
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The more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.
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Forgiveness is the choice to see people as they are now. When we’re mad at people, we’re angry because of something they said or did before this moment. By letting go of the past, we make room for miracles to replace our grievances.
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The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.
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God is the electricity and we are the lamps.
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