Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Perhaps, in a way, that's where humanity is now: about to discover we're not as smart as we thought we were, will be forced by life to surrender our attacks and defenses which avail us of nothing, and finally break through into the collective beauty of who we really
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Marianne Williamson was a contemporary American author and politician. Marianne Deborah Williamson is an American author, speaker, and political activist. She began her professional career as a spiritual leader of the Church of Today, a Unity Church in Warren, Michigan. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Beauty — Appreciating aesthetics, grace, and the sublime
  • Change — Embracing transformation, growth, and new beginnings
  • Life — Reflections on the meaning, challenges, and beauty of life

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