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 WILLIAMSONCarrying 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 WILLIAMSONJoy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONConsider the possibility of infinite possibility.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONNo one is any more or any less important than you are.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONThe only way the past can drag you back is if you choose to bring it with you into the present.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONWithholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONYou don’t need a new life, just a new lens through which to view the one you have.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONTo the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONEgo says, “Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace”. Spirit says, “Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place”.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONKarma means that all actions have consequences. Grace means that in a moment of atonement -taking responsibility, making amends, asking for forgiveness – all karma is burned.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONThe one good thing about failure is that it makes you consider doing things a different way.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONThe reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic spotlight isn’t pointed at you, it radiates from within you.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONIt 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.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONLove 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.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONPeople hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONLife is a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself. The end of one physical incarnation is like the end of a chapter, on some level setting up the beginning of another.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON