Estimated Reading Time 2 Minutes
Publisher: HarperOne; Reissue edition (March 15, 1996)
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN: 978-0060927486
Thoughts: Marianne Williamson is a big name in the self-help and personal development world. This book is the start of her journey to self-love and in seeing miracles in life. While I don’t agree with some of the modern terminologies she adopts when talking about Christ or the Holy Spirit etc, she has so much wisdom and insight while remaining humble and vulnerable. This is a great book for anyone who is searching for more meaning or wondering where they fit in the world.
Favorite Quote: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
First sentence: Many of us know in our hearts that we never really grew up.
Summary from Amazon.com:
Back by popular demand — and newly updated by the author — the mega-bestselling spiritual guide in which Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A Course in Miracles and her insights on the application of love in the search for inner peace.
Williamson reveals how we each can become a miracle worker by accepting God and by the expression of love in our daily lives. Whether psychic pain is in the area of relationships, career, or health, she shows us how love is a potent force, the key to inner peace, and how by practicing love we can make our own lives more fulfilling while creating a more peaceful and loving world for our children.
