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
Every relationship, every situation is part of a divinely created and highly specific curriculum for your soul growth
Interpretation
Every experience we encounter is designed for our personal growth and development.
This quote emphasizes that all relationships and situations we face in life serve a divine purpose, contributing to the spiritual and emotional growth of our souls. It suggests that the challenges and joys we experience are not random but rather part of a tailored curriculum meant to teach us important lessons and facilitate our evolution as individuals.
In practice
In a discussion about the challenges of love, one might say, 'Remember, every relationship is part of a divinely created curriculum for your soul growth'.
Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for. I honor my grief.
As 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.
Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts.
The world is in trouble. Many have prayed. God sent help. God sent you.
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.
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.
That was part of her, and you used to know it. It's like now you only care about the Alaska you made up.
Marriage is the truest goal for ninety-nine per cent of the human race, and they will live the happiest life as soon as they have learnt and are ready to abide by the eternal lesson - that we are bound to bear and forbear and that life to every one must be a compromise.
People often ask us what we get by our frequent travel to countries. I want to tell them we do not travel to have fun; we travel to build our relationship with other countries, and it is because of our ties with these countries that we were able to rescue 7,000 people from Yemen.
Anything that takes you out of the context of being separate is healing. Anything that takes you out of the context of separateness is intimacy.
When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?
The way you see people is the way you treat them.
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