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
Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
Interpretation
Everyone has a specific role to fulfill in contributing to the world's well-being.
Marianne Williamson emphasizes the importance of individuality and the significance of each person's contributions to the greater good. By suggesting that each person plays a unique part in healing the world, she inspires individuals to recognize their inherent value and responsibility in making a positive difference. This perspective encourages active participation and fosters a sense of belonging within the collective effort for a better world.
In practice
During a motivational seminar to inspire community service.
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.
I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And I think this would be very inspiring.
When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.
Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.
We talk a lot about Malcom X and Martin Luther King JR, but it's time to be like them, as strong as them. They were mortal men like us and everyone of us can be like them. I don't want to be a role model. I just want to be someone who says, this is who I am, this is what I do. I say what's on my mind.
Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been...frighten ed enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must.
I was minding my own business when something says to me, "you ought to blow trumpet." I have just been trying ever since.
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