We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONMay 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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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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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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Living meaningfully is what brings joy.
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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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Any situation that pushes our buttons is a situation where we don’t yet have the capacity to be unconditionally loving.
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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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The meaningful question is never what we did yesterday, but what we have learned from it and are doing today.
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Imagine the most outrageously positive possibility for your life, claim it, and consider it done.
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Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.
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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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The more we allow ourselves to enjoy, the more reasons we find to be joyful.
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Inner peace doesn’t come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.
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With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle. It is not our circumstances, then, but rather our thoughts about our circumstances, that determine our power to transform them.
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Part of forgiving people is releasing them from our own agendas.
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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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