“In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin. It is a blessing that we do not know what is really going to happen. Could we foresee it, there are times when children might seem like innocent prisoners, condemned, not to death, but to life, and as yet all unconscious of what their sentence means.” KnowsMeanChildrenPlaySeemsMightHappensSpiritWaitingYouthBlessingSittingRaisedSentencesTheatreInnocentUnconsciousPrisonerContemplatingCurtains Book:Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga Source: Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga
“Dear God, Please teach me to forgive myself and others. Remove the walls that keep love out, behind which I am a prisoner. Heal my guilt and remove my anger, that I might be reborn. Make gentle my heart and strong my spirit and show me how to love. Please show me how to honor myself. Please teach me how to listen to myself. "Please program my mind to know itself, that I might at last be free. Teach me to appreciate your spirit that lives within me. Show me how to be good to myself, that I might know more fully the goodness of life. Amen” KnowsMindHeartShowsMightLastsSpiritStrongBehindsTeachWallMy HeartHonorPleaseGoodnessProgramAppreciateForgivingGuiltDearBe GoodHealGentleRemovePrisonerShow MeAmenRebornHow To LoveDear GodAppreciate You Author:Marianne Williamson