Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2016 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 31

On the other side of my suffering, I’ve seen things that I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. I’ve seen ways I have contributed to my own disasters. I’ve seen that love isn’t a game and that it should be taken seriously. I’ve seen that other people’s feelings are as important as my own. I’ve seen that external things are not what matter. I’ve seen that life lived with any purpose but love is a life that will lead to sorrow. I’ve seen that love is more powerful than evil. I’ve seen that nothing but the love of God can be guaranteed. And I’ve seen that life does indeed go on. TEARS TO TRIUMPH by Marianne Williamson, reprinted with permission from HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, copyright 2016. Read Online! Marianne Williamson - Marianne is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. Six of her eleven published books have been New York Times bestsellers; four have been #1. The mega bestseller A Return to Love is considered a must-read of The New Spirituality. A paragraph from that book, beginning “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure…” is considered an anthem for a contemporary generation of seekers. Marianne has been a popular guest on television programs such as Oprah, Super Soul Sunday, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Charlie Rose and Real Time with Bill Maher. WISDOM & SELF-GROWTH me as much about light as they have about darkness—for in coming to understand my suffering, I’ve come to understand myself more deeply. According to Time magazine, “Yoga, the Cabala and Marianne Williamson have been taken up by those seeking a relationship with God that is not strictly tethered to Christianity.” Additional books by Marianne include The Law of Divine Compensation, The Age of Miracles, Everyday Grace, A Woman’s Worth, Illuminata, Healing the Soul of America, A Course in Weight Loss, The Gift of Change, A Year of Miracles, and A Return to Love. Her latest book is TEARS TO TRIUMPH: The Spiritual Journey from Suffering to Enlightenment. Visit www.Marianne.com for details. “But my jo deep sadne urneys through ss shown me have ultimately as light as the much about darkness— y have about understand for in coming to m come to un y suffering, I’ve derstand m yself more deep ly.” Marian ne Willi amson 31