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.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONYou 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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We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.
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The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.
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Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.
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Forgiveness is the ultimate preventive medicine, as well as the greatest healer.
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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 meaningful question is never what we did yesterday, but what we have learned from it and are doing today.
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Once the light of our awareness is cast on any darkness, then it cannot hide and it cannot remain. Such is the law of consciousness.
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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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Love is a wave flowing in the direction of bliss for all living things. It will carry you if you allow it to flow through you.
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
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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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Prepare for the new; expect the new; embrace the new. Otherwise, you’ll just repeat what’s old.
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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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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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A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower.
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