Source: oprah.com
The fact that I forgive you doesn't mean you "won". It doesn't mean you "got away with something". It simply means I'm free to go back to the light, reclaim my inner peace, and stay there.
Marianne Williamson
Forgiveness is the most revolutionary stance. It opens up the future by letting go the past.
Marianne Williamson
The point of Christmas, as well as Hannukah, is to celebrate the possibility of infinite possibility.
Marianne Williamson
Sometimes, it’s when all hope is seemingly lost that the greatest breakthroughs occur in life. Whatever forces us to recognize the limit to what we can do by ourselves, opens the mind to consider the possibility that there might be another way. When everything is all messed up, we’ve played all our cards, and we don’t have a clue what to do now – that often becomes a magic moment.
Marianne Williamson
Love takes more than crystals and rainbows, it takes discipline and practice. It's not just a sweet sentiment from a hallmark card. It's a radical commitment to a different way of being, a mental response to life that is completely at odds with the thinking of the world.
Marianne Williamson
To soar high, dig deep.To have an effect, don't try to. To get anything, give everything. And to win, don't care if you lose.
Marianne Williamson
If someone tells you you're "in your ego," just tell them the only way they could be seeing you're in your ego is if they're in theirs.
Marianne Williamson
Hi lovely! What were the names of the Brene Brown books you recommended again? :) and do you have any other book recommendations on mindfulness or being happy? appreciate what you do so much! xx
Hey beautiful,
I hope you don’t mind me posting this publicly as I get asked this quite often.
Brene has written 3 books to date and I’d suggest reading them in this order:
The Gifts Of Imperfection
Daring Greatly
I Thought It Was Just Me
I would also recommend:
The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle
May Cause Miracles by Gabrielle Bernstein
A Return To Love by Marianne Williamson
Anam Cara by John O’Donohue
The last one is probably a lot more towards spirituality than mindfulness or happiness per se, but it’s one of my favourite books ever and I think if you’re open to looking deeper into life it’s so so so worth reading.
Piece By Piece by Tori Amos also had a huge impact upon me but it probably falls more into the realm of healing and being a huge fan I may have a slight bias there! ;)
Do any of my lovely followers have any suggestions to add? I have to admit I’m a very intermittent reader of books - short attention span, lol. So if I recommend something it means I completed it and therefore really loved it haha! :)
Namaste xx
There can be no darkness where I provide the light. Light is to darkness what love is to fear; in the absence of one, the other disappears. All the darkness in my life – the fears, neuroses, dysfunctions and diseases – are not so much a thing as the absence of a thing. They represent not the presence of a problem but rather the absence of the Answer. And the Answer is love. All fearful manifestations disappear in the presence of love.
Marianne Williamson
A queen is wise. She has earned her serenity, not having had it bestowed on her but having passed 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 Williamson
There's enough love in the world to create peace on earth. What's lacking is the collective conviction that we should.
Marianne Williamson
Nothing needs to be as it was. The first step in creating the new is dropping the notion that what already exists is inevitable going forward.
Marianne Williamson
Every cell in the body is programmed to work collaboratively with every other cell, so together they can promote the healthy functioning of the organ they're part of. You and I are the same; we're programmed to work collaboratively with each other in order to promote the healthy functioning of civilization. But just as a cancer cell is a cell that goes insane, disconnecting from its natural programming and going off to do its own thing instead, so a malignant consciousness has come to dominate the human race, luring us into self-centered and competitive rather than collaborative attitudes toward each other. The body can heal though, and so can a civilization. Cells, and people, can remember who they really are and why they're really here. Then all is well.
Marianne Williamson
Neither past nor future exist anywhere except in our minds. Embracing love and light in the present, we both heal the past and bless the future.
Marianne Williamson