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Sadness is just a place on the map. Don't try to avoid it, resist it or escape through substances. Settle it, allow it, and it will go.

Marianne Williamson

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Marianne Williamson
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
Author
Peace Activist
Philanthropist
Politician
Writer
Houston
Texas
Marianne Deborah Williamson
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The moment of surrender is not when life is over. It's when it begins
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Faith doesn't mean you don't have to do the work it just means you're absolutely certain the work will pay off.
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The gap is not between knowing it and living it, it's between knowing it and living it consistently. You know, we've all had moments when we got it right. Most of us have moments when we get it right every day. The trouble is getting it right when a curve-ball comes at us.
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There is within each of us the possibility of magnificence. Every moment is an opportunity to make it manifest. Let the spirit awaken you to a miraculous life.
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I've always wanted to have a radio show. It has been a dream of mine for a long time. With a radio show I can sit in a studio, or ultimately even sit in my own living room, and talk to hundreds of thousands of people.
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