The Truth... by -Marianne Williamson

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1 The Truth... by -Marianne Williamson 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, and fabulous? Actually, who are you 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.

2 The wisdom of Dr Mensah Otabil International Central Gospel Church founder, and President of Central University Ghana YOUR GOD IS A BIG GOD. Don't tell God how Big your storm is; tell the Storm how Big your God is. Keep your eyes on God and MAGNIFY HIS POWER in you. With faith in your heart, you will move mountains. With fear in your heart, mountains will move you. BE A MOUNTAIN MOVER. SEE with the eye of the spirit. SPEAK with the voice of faith. This week is your TURN AROUND WEEK. Boldly declare MY GOD IS BIGGER THAN MY STORM! IT S TIME TO STEP HIGHER. God is calling you to the mountain; DON T SETTLE FOR THE VALLEY. Why settle for down when you can be ON TOP? Step away from ordinary ; step into EXTRAORDINARY! You have a place at GOD S HIGH TABLE. Don t settle for the scraps on the floor. LISTEN. The KING OF GLORY is calling you by name to... HIS TABLE. GET UP! Dust yourself. Say yes to Him. It s your time to FEAST AT THE KING S TABLE! God broke the mould after He made you. Your DNA is unique. Your thumbprint is distinct. You were born original; don t die as a copy. Follow your path. Flow with your strengths. Some will criticize. Others will resent your uniqueness. BE STRONG. Receive advice. Improve yourself but be ORIGINAL. Don t just blend in; Make... your mark. Step out of the shadows. Let your light shine. YOU RE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE!!! FAILURE IS NOT FINAL. Enough with the tears. Enough with the regrets. YOU CAN T MOVE FORWARD BY LOOKING BACKWARDS. Step out of the darkness. Close your ears to the whispers of condemnation and LISTEN TO GOD S CALL. Yesterday is gone. Today is here. SEIZE THE MOMENT. It s not too late. God forgives. God redeems. God re...stores. With Him there is FAVOUR FOR YOUR FAILURES. Ask Him to do SOMETHING NEW IN YOUR LIFE TODAY! YOU RE A CHILD OF DESTINY. You re not here by accident; you re here by ASSIGNMENT. Your conception, birth and life are part of a DIVINE NARRATIVE. You re NECESSARY. You re NEEDED. The world needs YOUR DREAMS YOUR WISDOM YOUR GIFTS. Don t bury your talent. Don t allow critics to shut you down. Stir yourself up. IT S YOU...R TIME. It s your DESTINY. Divine grace and favour be on you. TOUCH THE WORLD WITH YOUR BRILLIANCE! Are you a BRAGGER or an ACHIEVER? Braggers talk big but do little; ACHIEVERS DO BIG but talk little. Be a BIG DOER and not a big talker. While others brag about their intentions; you WORK ON YOUR INVENTIONS. Don t procrastinate. Start that course. Finish that project. Face that challenge. Don t just talk about it. DO I...T. If you sow the seed, THE LORD WILL BRING THE HARVEST. MAY HE PROSPER THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS!

3 WHAT IS YOUR NAME? People may call you, sick, weak, poor, foolish. But WHAT DO YOU CALL YOURSELF? The tag you accept is the label you wear. Instead of sick, God says, you are HEALED. Instead of weak, you re STRONG. Instead of poor, you re RICH. Instead of foolish, you re WISE. Refuse man s tag; accept God s l...abel. In Christ you re BLESSED not cursed; REDEEMED, ACCEPTED, BELOVED! Tell me, WHAT S YOUR NAME? USE WHAT YOU HAVE. You lost your shoe but YOU STILL HAVE A LEG. You lost your pillow but YOU STILL HAVE A HEAD. You lost some friends but YOU STILL HAVE YOURSELF. Start afresh with what you have. What is taken away is gone but YOU ARE NOT EMPTY. God is not finished with you. What do your have? Use it. Put it in God s h...ands. He will multiply your five loaves and two fish. MAY THE LORD MAKE YOU A THOUSAND TIMES MORE! THANKS for all the wonderful sentiments you posted on my birthday. I took time to read each of them. MY PURPOSE in life is simple: 1.TO HONOR CHRIST 2. TO INSPIRE PEOPLE. Knowing and LIVING FOR CHRIST JESUS is the greatest PASSION OF MY LIFE. I believe God created each of us for significance. I believe in GOD S GOODNE...SS. I believe that no matter what life throws at you, THERE S HOPE FOR THE FUTURE (Jer. 31:17). LOOK AHEAD. God put your eyes are in front of you not behind you. He designed you to MOVE FORWARD. LOOK past insults. LOOK past pain. LOOK past failure. When yesterday s memories hinder you, MOVE FORWARD. If tomorrow scares you, still MOVE FORWARD. Remember Lot s wife. She looked back and froze into a pillar of salt. D...ON T FREEZE. LOOK TO JESUS. WALK WITH JESUS. He will take you to places BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS! RUN YOUR RACE. While others rush in haste, STAY IN YOUR TRACK. Refuse to be envious of other people s success. REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO REJOICE. Remember: Blowing out another's candle will not make yours shine brighter. Light your own candle. Some may step ahead of you but BE AT PEACE WITH YOURSELF. God will not pass you... by. YOUR DAY OF VISITATION IS COMING. You re not late. You re not behind. YOU WILL GET THERE!!! DON T RUN FROM THE BATTLE. When the battle is tough, fight on. Fight for your dignity. Fight for your destiny. Fight for dreams. Your fields are open but there are wolves to fight. Don t turn your back to the enemy. FIGHT FORWARD. Though you fall seven times, YOU WILL RISE AGAIN. Though an army surrounds you, THE MOST...HIGH FIGHTS FOR YOU. In Christ you have the VICTORY. Hang in there. Fight on. GOLIATH SHALL FALL! Big things are the sum of small things. The small creates the big. Little seeds become mighty trees. Don t take your little acts for granted; over time they will shape the outcome of your life. If you miss today s small goals, you will miss tomorrow s big dreams. Pay attention to detail. Be meticulous. Be accurate. May... God give you grace to be a PERSON OF DISTINCTION!!!

4 Every problem has a solution. Every question has an answer. Just because you don t have solutions today does not mean you will never have them. Don t give up on yourself. This is not the end. Today s test will bring tomorrow s promotion. Trust God. Stay on track. Be focused. The darkness will be over. New opportunities... will emerge. Your light will shine. You ll find the answers. Smile THE LORD IS WITH YOU!!! You can t succeed in your life by living another person s life. You re not them; you re YOU. Don t sabotage your destiny through fake pretences. God created you unique; don t live as a cheap imitation. Find your place. Sing your song. Dance to your rhythm. Run your race. Celebrate God s Grace on your life. YOU have str...engths! YOU have abilities! Show the world what you ve got YOU RE BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED!!! There are two kinds of failures: those who think and never act, and those who act and never think. Don t be either. Great achievers think and act. Put your ideas into action! Take the first step, and then the next Do something today! Be bold. Be strong. Step forward. Jehovah Almighty is with you. He will magnify your small steps into GIANT LEAPS!!! There s no charge for thinking, so think. Think though problems. Think beyond problems. Use your imagination. Be creative. Expand your world. You re a CHAMPION, think CHAMPION THOUGHTS! Think big; Think deep; Think possibilities; Think God! YOU WILL BREAKTHROUGH!!! To a world that is set in its ways, new ideas are labeled too simple or too crazy. The truth is that great accomplishments usually start as simple or crazy ideas. Don t abandon an idea just because it appears simple, crazy or untested. In this Breakthrough year, expect God to drop BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS into your spiri...t. Nurture your ideas, test them, apply them! You will WIN!!! Breakthroughs are the product of cycles of consistent pressure. Joshua s army marched a total of thirteen circles in silence around Jericho before they shouted to bring the walls down. Keep marching, keeping praying, keep pushing and keep pressing on. YOUR BREAKTHROUGH IS COMING!!! JERICHO IS FALLEN!!! "you need to look to the glory of the future, not spend your time and energy trying to resurrect and recreate the glory of the past. Accept change, embrace change. Make change work for you! " " God created you with your own special set of gifts, your own special way to sparkle. When you find a place of functioning successfully, your light will shine!" " if you are a professional at the blame game, you will always be an amateur when competing for success..." "the favour of God's dew will bring you into the ability to use creativity and innovation to produce new wealth from the old " If we are going to take charge of the future, we have to be generational thinkers. That means therefore everything that we do, we have to think of the person who is coming after us and make sure he will not be

5 worse off but better than we are. People see life from where they are. If, for some reason, you sit in the seat of scarcity, you will only see scarcity even if your environment abounds in wealth. -Pastor Mensa Otabil "..All problems have a life cycle and an expiry date. Keep your perspectives right.. " " Reacting to the provocation of your opponent, limits you to the emotions he allows you to express" Pastor Mensa Otabil " Those who constantly complain about the toughness of the question, never discover the toughness of the brains and the creativity of their minds" Pastor Mensa Otabil "True freedom and equity is not gained through violence, but through a committed and consistent struggle against your own limitations " Pastor Mensa Otabil "God does not accept from us what HE gave to us in the same state as it was when HE gave it to us. When God gives us talents, HE only recognizes and commends the value we add to it" Pastor Mensa Otabil Wisdom from other great people Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. - Henry Ward Beecher The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake. - Basil C. Hume What we speak becomes the house we live in. - Hafiz What we think, we become. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. - The Buddha For those of true faith, death is not a time to mourn, but a time to celebrate returning to the Creator. When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own selfpreservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. - Joseph Campbell

6 Don't make assumptions. - don Miguel Ruiz Don't Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. - don Miguel Ruiz Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. - Robert J. Hanlon You cause yourself much unnecessary suffering when you waste your time and energy imagining that others may intend you harm. You truly have no idea what anyone else is thinking. Train yourself to avoid making any assumptions about what others may be thinking - and train yourself to avoid making any assumptions about why other people choose to do or to say something - or to not do or to not say anything. The next time you are driving in congested traffic, become observant of the drivers around you. Watch as they tailgate, cut-in sharply, and perhaps gesture or yell at each other. Frustration, and the feeling of having no control over the situation, causes otherwise reasonable people to behave badly. But whatever they do or say is not personal. If someone urges you to drive too fast or follow too closely, it is about they, not about you. While it is fairly easy to accept that the actions and speech of someone you have never met are not your responsibility, it is much harder to fully grasp that you are responsible for very little of what you spouse or your boss says or does. Mostly, what others say and do in your presence is a result of the frustrations they bring to the situations, rather that being an objective reaction to your actions. Don't guess what others might be thinking, and especially don't shoulder blame for what they may be thinking. I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am. - Jonathan Davis No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt Stand Tall, Stand Proud. Know that you are unique and magnificent. You do not need the approval of others. You are important. You are the star - the only star - of your own life show. Everyone else is a bit player in the great drama of your life.

7 Live your own life Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry. - Oscar Wilde Trust yourself, then you will know how to live. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe There is no way your life is "supposed" to be lived. There are no "authorities" appointed to judge the worthiness of your life. You have no responsibility to please anyone other than yourself. Be of service to humanity, but never be anyone's doormat. Live your own life full out. Live boldly with vision, purpose, and commitment. Establish your own life purpose, and live your own life. Make your own choices. I Act with Bold Courage - Taking inspiration from the powerful vision of my future, I boldly set sail with courage and intent. I hold my course with focused attention and relentless commitment, as I weather the storms of life. No one can give you better advice than yourself. - Cicero I say NO to the demands of the world. I say YES to the longings of my own heart. Your plan for your life is the only plan that matters. Your parents and your family, perhaps your church and your friends, have plans for your life, but those people are mere spectators of your life - the life you get to life every day. Value your own opinions.

8 To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. - Theodore H. White Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. - Steve Jobs I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone. - Bill Cosby Value your own opinion more, and others' opinions less. Why would you consider someone else's opinions, or wishes, to be more important than your own? In fact, why should anyone else's opinions carry any weight whatsoever in how you live your life. Make your life choices sincerely and deliberately. Then never second-guess your own values and choices simply because they may not be approved of by those around you. Choose to associate mostly with positive people who support you. Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. - Oprah Winfrey It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. - George Washington A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same. - Elbert Hubbard You must do the things you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Albert Einstein,

9 Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. - William James Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. - Ross Perot Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right. - Henry Ford Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. - Rabindranath Tagore The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. - Rabindranath Tagore Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself. - Sidney Sheldon One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. - Helen Keller You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give. - Eleanor Roosevelt Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. - W. Clement Stone Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning how to dance in the rain. - Vivian Greene

10 The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. - Franklin D. Roosevelt Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. - Helen Keller Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. - Harriet Beecher Stowe Fall seven times, stand up eight. - Japanese Proverb Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful. - Zig Ziglar Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. - Napoleon Hill Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. - Eleanor Roosevelt Winners Never Quit, and Quitters Never Win. - Vince Lombardi Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. - Henry Ford The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Nelson Mandela One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. - Albert Schweitzer We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. - Lao Tzu Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard.

11 Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. - Mary Anne Radmacher You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - C. S. Lewis Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. - Marilyn vos Savant To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. - Theodore H. White Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. - Helen Keller Every wall is a door. - Ralph Waldo Emerson The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. - Moliere There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington

12 Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. - Helen Keller In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. - Henry Ward Beecher It is never too late to be what you might have been. - George Eliot [George Eliot was the pen name of English novelist Mary Anne Evans ( )] They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin In spite of unseasonable wind, snow and unexpected weather of all sorts - a gardener still plants. And tends what they have planted... believing that Spring will come. - Mary Anne Radmacher I Walk Today's March With Courage. Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings. - Helen Keller The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be. Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap. - Mary Anne Radmacher I gather strength from life's storms. Loving is the most unmitigated and courageous act I perform in a day. - Mary Anne Radmacher True love has no limits. - Anonymous Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. - Khalil Gibran

13 True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you. - Anonymous Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. - Swedish Proverb The magic words for a great relationship are, "I love you just the way you are." Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be. - Robert Browning God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference. - Reinhold Niebuhr Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough. - George Washington Carver Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. - Les Brown CALM IN CHAOS In the midst of the flurry - clarity. In the midst of the storm - calm. In the midst of divided interests - certainty. In the many roads - a certain choice. - Mary Anne Radmacher Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland You are never strong enough that you don't need help. - Cesar Chavez Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

14 It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. - Marianne Williamson Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. - Wayne Dyer Get over it - Life isn't Supposed to be fair. Get over yourself, and be of service to others. You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate. - John Lennon You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. - The Buddha Standing in the inspiring vision of my future, I boldly take every step - large and small - with courage and intent. One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am. - Michelle Obama Value your own opinion more, and others' opinions less. Never allow a person to tell you No who doesn't have the power to say Yes. - Eleanor Roosevelt Never stop dreaming your inspired future. Believing in your dreams is only the first step, but unless you have a dream that you believe in,

15 you are leaving your future to random chance. Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. - The Buddha "The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. You get to take yourself oh so very seriously." Tom Robbins