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
Your future isn't programmed by your past; it's programmed by your thoughts.
Interpretation
Your current mindset shapes your future, not your previous experiences.
In this quote, Marianne Williamson emphasizes the power of thoughts and mindset in shaping one's future. She suggests that while past experiences influence us, it is our current beliefs and attitudes that determine the trajectory of our lives, highlighting the importance of positive thinking and self-determination.
In practice
During a motivational speech to encourage students to focus on their goals.
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.
We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do Thy will, O My God.
Sometimes I think that it is enough to say that if we don't sit down and shut up once in a while we'll lose our minds even earlier than we had expected. Noise is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times.
It is only when the formed learns from the unformed that there is understanding.
β¦but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.
Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity, to pursue important work in spite of general indifference or hostility, and arrive at opinions which are opposed to prevalent errors.
If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. But if we exchange one good thought, we both have two good thoughts
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