More Quotes by Marianne Williamson
Every time we're about to criticize someone for what we think they did wrong, let's first remember to thank them for the things they did right. And to mean it; to sincerely affirm them. Then, if there's still a problem that needs to be shared, it will come from a completely different energy -- and actually be heard!
You can live your life out of a circumstance or you can live your life out of a vision.
Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.
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.
Forgiveness is the key to inner peace because it is the mental technique by which our thoughts are transformed from fear to love.
In every moment we make a decision -- whether conscious or unconscious. Will I choose to open my heart, send love, withhold judgment and thus free myself from fear? Or will I close my heart, project fear instead of extending love, judge others, and thus bind myself to fear? The choice is mine and mine alone.
We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.
On any given day, in any given moment, something could happen that opens up for you an entirely new path. Be still, be alert, be ready.
No matter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to think about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is often our willingness to change our minds. Despite what might seem to be the saddest and most intractable situation, we have the power to believe that something else is possible, that things can change, that a miracle can happen.
Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.
