A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONThe 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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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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Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
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Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.
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The more we allow ourselves to enjoy, the more reasons we find to be joyful.
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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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May 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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People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.
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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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To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player.The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.
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Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
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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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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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No one is any more or any less important than you are.
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