[NEohioPAL]Marianne Willliamson, Important Words at Time of Mourning: Let our Light Shine!

[Debra Wiener]

Marianne, a world famous author and lecturer, particularly about 
spirituality and world peace, reminds us of who we are with the following:

Dear Friends,

I know many of your are in mourning now, feeling the tremendous loss of hope 
that this election would herald a new beginning for America. I feel it too.

But as John Edwards said, this is not just an end, it is a beginning. And I 
believe it. On the other side of our grief lies a new conviction. Having 
been slammed by this experience, we can ultimately rise up more brightly 
because of it. That is still our choice.

Among other things, you can come to the Peace Alliance conference this 
coming weekend in Berkeley, California. Dennis Kucinich, Marshall Rosenberg, 
myself and others will take the conversation past our sorrow to our still 
shining vision -- of a new and revitalized America, and a new and better 
world. For many of you, Berkeley is way more than a hop, skip and ajump, of 
course. But still, log on to www.dopcampaign.org for the lastest news on the 
Peace Alliance and what it's about.

In our own little corner of the world, don't forget that my new book, THE 
GIFT OF CHANGE, comes out next week, you'll also be seeing the announcment 
for a fantastic new project called The Miracle Matrix. All of us need to 
move forward -- now more than ever -- in the giving of our own gifts. We are 
in the process of a historic transformation, and while to many of us this is 
a tough moment, it's also one in which we are moving toward the 
manifestation of our better selves. And in that, lies hope for mankind.

With love,

Marianne

Please read on:

Here is her very famous quote that I wish to share with all you at this sad 
time, but out of every loss, there is an opportunity.  I-Ching.

"...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 doesn't serve the world. There's 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're liberated from our own fear, our presence 
automatically liberates others."

~ From A RETURN TO LOVE by Marianne Williamson
© 1992 (Paperback; pp 190-191)





Debra Wiener

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