If you don't know who Marianne Williamson is, please allow me, to share with you, who she is to me. A complex woman. A gifted writer. A best selling author. A brilliant speaker. A spiritual teacher. She is all these things, but mostly, to me, she is an angel in my life.

This page is for you Marianne. It's to honor you, and thank you, for all that you are. Thank you for the tireless work you do to heal this world. Thank you for the work you've done with the lonely and the dying, for the way you shout for the rights of all, for the fearless stand you take for love and personal responsibility. Thank you for your guidance, and your leadership, your laughter, your lighthearted manner, and the radiant beauty of your smile. Thank you for opening yourself to be an instrument of God's love. I am not alone in my gratitude to you Marianne. There are millions of us no doubt; just ordinary men and women who love more, and sing more, and give more and ARE more, because of your gentle ability to inspire us to be all we can be.

Now rightly so, THIS one is for YOU.





A collection of quotes, poems, excerpts and prayers from Marianne Williamson.

"Instead of praying: Dear God bring me someone fabulous, try: Dear God make me into someone fabulous." "Forgiveness of another person is like the kiss of God."

-From the PBS special on Enchanted Love


"Growth is a detox process, as our weakest, darkest places are sucked up to the surface in order to be released. Often, upon seeing the weaknesses in each other, we have the tendency to go "yuck!" and walk away on some level. But often it is not a change in partners but rather a change in perception that delivers the love we seek. When we shift our view of the purpose of intimacy -- from serving our own needs as we define them to serving a larger process of healing -- then an entirely new opportunity presents itself."

- From Enchanted Love

 
" Love will push every button, try every faith, challenge every strength, trigger every weakness, mock every value, and then leave you there to die. But once you begin to turn the corner, to leave love's bush league and enter the pros, there is no worldly activity that can match the joy of flying like an eagle through the skies of a lover's heart."

-From Enchanted Love


 " Relationships are our primary teacher. They are the context in which we either grow into the consciousness of God, or deny ourselves and others the opportunity to do so."

-From Illuminata

"The holy relationship is, above all else, a friendship between two brothers. We are not put here to audition one another, put someone on trial, or use other people to gratify our own ego needs. We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another."

-From A Return to Love


"We never get crazy like we do around the people we're really attracted to. Then we can see our dysfunctions clearly, and when we're ready, ask God to show us another way."

-From A Return to Love

 "Rejecting another human being simply because they are human, has become a collective neurosis. People ask, "When will my soul mate get here?" But praying for the right person is useless if we're not ready to receive him."

-From A Return to Love


"And let me tell you of my happiness. I cannot not smile. I cannot be worried. I see meaning in all things. "They say this is not reality, that I am obsessed, that I am in denial. But they have no way of knowing how your ponytail delights me. And your hands. And your brain. And whatever else is a part of you...."

-From Enchanted Love


Dear God, I pray today for the one I love. I pray to see her tenderness, I pray to see her innocence, And I pray that she'll see mine. I pray that she be surrounded by light, That Your angels come and bless her. I pray that she'll be happy And her heart be filled with love. I pray that I might be to her a man who honors and adores her. Her gladdened heart is joy to me. Thank You, God.  Amen

Dear God, I used to pray to You because I was lonely, but then You came to me and I was lonely no more. Then I prayed to You to make me better, and You came to me and healed my heart. Now I ask You, dear God, for a glorious mission. May I contribute to the life of another, in the deepest way, the most holy way, the most loving way, that together we might serve You more. May I help a beloved grow closer to You. May a beloved help me grow closer to You. May I delight in my partner, and my partner delight in me, that Your light which unites us might light up the world. Thank you, God. Amen

Dear God, Please tie a golden cord, one end to my beloved's heart and one end to mine. With Your hand upon this cord, dear God, please make our bond eternal. May neither sickness nor pain, conflict nor death, defeat or take away our love. Cement my heart to the heart of my beloved, forever and ever Amen

Oh Great Father/Mother God, Please send my love to me. From across the sea, and over the mountain, may he travel to my side. And then, dear Lord, when he arrives at my house, may the food he finds here make him strong. I await his coming. I prepare my things. Please ready my heart. Amen

Dear God We surrender this relationship to You and ask that it be used for Your purposes. May our resources and talents and energies and love be pooled and lifted up in Your service. May we become together, even more than we are apart. May the light around us forever shine. May the space of our love, be a space of healing, for ourselves and all the world. Amen

I want to be lovable, and prepared for a beloved. Please remove from me the walls in front of my heart. Please take from me the games I play to deny myself the joy of life. Please make me new, that I might know an enchanted romance. Then send to me my heart's delight. Please open up the heavenly gates, that love might flood my soul. Amen

May the man I am with emerge into his greatness. May the woman I am with emerge into her glory and her joy. May we leave behind our broken selves, and emerge into the light. Heal our wounds and bless our dreams. Thank you, God.  Amen

I feel if I love this person, I could lose everything that I have. I have no idea where this love might take me, and in his presence, I don't even care. Is it strength, or weakness, to have faith in this feeling? Illumine my mind and heart, dear God, for my ship is lost at sea. Amen

Dear God, Please protect and nourish my beloved. Surround him with Your power and grace. Make clear the road that You would have him walk, easy the goals You accomplish in his life, and soft the pillow he rests on. Use me to provide for him an ever more wonderful life. Amen

Dear God, Please remove from me My resistances to love. Make straight my path to the heart of my beloved. Reveal to me the meaning of this ride that we are on. Amen

Dear God, Today we set upon a path we have not walked before. We give to each other our sacred troth And place it in Your hands. Be with us and walk with us and live with us and lie with us. Be our mystical Third, Dear Lord, that we might see our way. Amen

Dear God, Please receive from me my praise and thanksgiving for the love who is at my side. May my thoughts of him be a blessing on us both. Please bring him joy. Amen

Dear God, Please help me see that only Love is real. Please help me see that my brother is innocent. Please take me to heaven while on this earth, and then, dear Lord, please keep me there. Amen


Regards:

Sally Ann Street