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Alan Grayson

(485 posts)
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 05:22 PM Jun 2014

Why I Support Marianne Williamson, and You Should Too

"We have shrinking civil liberties, we have undue monied influence, and we have domestic surveillance. So, at what point do the American people say, “No More!”? We need a people's movement.

Marianne Williamson, CA-33 candidate for Congress, is in a close race tomorrow, and I’m hoping that you will provide her some last-minute support. Here’s why.

It’s exceedingly difficult to get any real feel of how a candidate thinks, much less what he or she will do in office. Most serious candidates know their lines, and they always have their game face on. So sometimes – often, really – we get fooled. We mistake the resume for the heart. We mistake the record for the soul. We mistake the words for the meaning.

In the case of Marianne Williamson, that is not possible. What you see is what you get.
Several people in public life have written books. A smaller number have actually read books. And an even smaller number have actually written the books that list them as authors.

These books tend to be extended exercises in rationalization. “I did this, I did that, and the world should be absolutely delighted with me.” As if.

Marianne Williamson has written many books – four of them #1 best-sellers on the New York Times list – and her books aren’t like that. In fact, her books aren’t about her at all. They are an extended discussion about the human condition, about us, and how we can be all that we can be. Here are some very brief excerpts:

[em]“Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called ‘All the Things That Could Go Wrong.’”
“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.”

“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learned here.”

“No one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.”

“You playing small doesn’t serve the world.”

“It’s your time to sparkle. We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. It’s about a sparkle in people that money can’t buy.”

“There is no peace without forgiveness.”

“Never give up hope. When darkness falls, the stars come out.”

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

“In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.”
[/em]
Why am I telling you this? Marianne Williamson can explain that, too:

[em]“People hear you on the level that you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.” [/em]
If you heart hears what Marianne Williams is speaking, please support her before her primary tomorrow. Because we need more true leaders in Congress.
Courage,

Rep. Alan Grayson

[em]“Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.” [/em]
- Marianne Williamson

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Why I Support Marianne Williamson, and You Should Too (Original Post) Alan Grayson Jun 2014 OP
Is she the "A Course in Miracles" person? upaloopa Jun 2014 #1
Thank you for the information, Congressman! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #2
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