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.
And when you try too hard, it doesn't work. Try grabbing something quickly and precisely with a tensed-up arm; then relax and try it again. Try doing something with a tense mind. The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard-one that thinks too much.
The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
Our power is in our ability to decide.
My religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts, and in proportion as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I grew more happy day by day.
Let no thought pass incognito, and keep your notebook as strictly as the authorities keep their register of aliens.
Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know.
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