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.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONNo matter what the problem, a miracle can solve it. Remember to ask for one.
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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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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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I have lived enough to know great things will unfold for me externally only if I allow them to unfold for me internally.
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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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Living meaningfully is what brings joy.
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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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When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.
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The only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present.
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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 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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In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain.
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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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Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.
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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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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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