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
Many people are despairing of the possibility of finding love. And some of the people who are despairing the most are in their thirties and forties and looking just great.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the despair some individuals feel about finding love, especially those in their thirties and forties.
In this quote, Marianne Williamson addresses the emotional struggle faced by many individuals who feel hopeless about finding love, particularly as they reach their thirties and forties. Despite being in a stage of life where one often appears at their best, the challenges of forming significant romantic connections can lead to feelings of despair. Williamson encourages reflection on the nature of love and the societal pressures that can contribute to these feelings.
Themes
LoveDespairRelationshipsThirtiesForties
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used during a discussion about the challenges of dating in later life.
More from Marianne Williamson
All quotes βAs 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.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
The world is in trouble. Many have prayed. God sent help. God sent you.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
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.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
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.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
Similar quotes
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm
Leonard CohenRead
We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.
Brother LawrenceRead
Bodies count, of course - they count more than we're willing to admit - but we don't fall in love with bodies, we fall in love with each other. We all know that, but the moment we go beyond a catalogue of surface qualities and appearances, words begin to fail us, to crumble apart in mystical confusions and cloudy, unsubstantial metaphors.
Paul AusterRead
I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.
Elie WieselRead
My heart's in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand's in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught.
Jean GenetRead
I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system. If I told patients to raise their blood levels of immune globulins or killer T cells, no one would know how. But if I can teach them to love themselves and others fully, the same changes happen automatically. The truth is: love heals.
Bernie SiegelRead