Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for. I honor my grief.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Children's happiness stems from their innocence and lack of fear about the future.
This quote highlights the difference in mindset between children and adults. Children experience joy and happiness largely because they are not burdened by worries or the weight of potential negative outcomes that often plague adults. As they grow older, they accumulate a mental 'file' filled with fears and anxieties about what could go wrong, which can detract from their overall happiness.
Themes
ChildrenHappinessInnocenceWorryFear
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about overcoming fears.
More from Marianne Williamson
All quotes βAs we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
The world is in trouble. Many have prayed. God sent help. God sent you.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
Once we truly understand that God's will is that we be happy, we no longer feel the need to ask for anything other than that God's will be done.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
A queen is wise. She has earned her serenity, not having had it bestowed on her but having passer her tests. She has suffered and grown more beautiful because of it. She has proved she can hold her kingdom together. She has become its vision. She cares deeply about something bigger than herself. She rules with authentic power.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
Similar quotes
Each nationality contains its centre of happiness within itself, as a bullet the centre of gravity.
Johann Gottfried HerderRead
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Marcus AureliusRead
Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer.
Dalai LamaRead
Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind.
Geshe Kelsang GyatsoRead
Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our "sympathetic joy," our happiness at another's happiness. Just as in the cultivation of compassion, we may feel the pain of others, so we may begin to feel their joy as well. And it doesn't stop there.
Stephen LevineRead
Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty.
Franz KafkaRead