Part of forgiving people is releasing them from our own agendas.
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.
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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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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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In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain.
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Think bigger. Forget limits. Embrace the idea of endless possibility…. It will change you.
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Bless more; blame less.
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The choice to be used as an instrument of love, right here, right now, is a choice for personal empowerment.
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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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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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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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Your life shows up for you when you show up for your life.
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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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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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Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called “All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
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I’ve come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way. The challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul’s growth.
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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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You playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won’t feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.
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Your character defects are not where you’re bad, but where you’re wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it’s yours now and you’re responsible for it.
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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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Change is in the air, as old patterns fall away and new energies are emerging. Consciously release what needs to be released, and welcome with a full embrace the newness you’ve prayed for and so richly deserve.
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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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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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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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Behind every fear, there is a miracle waiting.
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If you know what changes a heart, you know what changes the world.
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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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