The Gift Of Change

Spiritual Guidance for a Radically New Life

by Marianne Williamson

Best-selling author Marianne Williamson engagingly combines practical psychology with spirituality in THE GIFT OF CHANGE. She shows us that change is an inevitable and continual process of life--but one that is made all the more intense and frightening in our technologically driven society. Williamson tells us, however, that when we accept change as the pathway to love, and learn to trust intuition as our "eternal compass," it becomes possible to let things happen and to deal with change in a stress-free, productive manner. To achieve connection with a guiding "higher power" (a nondenominational spiritual reference), Williamson lays out the key "bridges" of transformation: the crossing from forgetting to remembering, from fear to love, from anxiety to atonement, from guilt to rebirth, and so on. Williamson's straightforward text is filled with poignant examples culled from her personal experience. Through these realizations, we can learn not only to accept change, but to initiate it when we need to, both in our personal lives and in the larger world.

Editions of The Gift Of Change

ISBN

9780060757151

Binding/Format

Paperback

Publisher

Harpercollins

Date

2004

Price

$5.47

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Publisher Notes

"The only way to gain power in a world that is moving too fast is to learn to slow down. And the only way to spread one's influence wide is to learn to go deep. The world we want for ourselves and our children will not emerge from electronic speed but rather from a spiritual stillness that takes root in our souls. Then, and only then, will we create a world that reflects the heart instead of shattering it." --from the Introduction

In this honest and uplifting book, bestselling author Marianne Williamson delves deeply into the powerful role of change in our lives today. Far from being something to fear and avoid, she says, every change -- even the most difficult and painful -- gives us an opportunity to receive the miraculous gift of personal transformation. The only real failure in life, she observes, is the failure to grow from what we go through. We will find real growth when we reorient ourselves using an eternal compass of spiritual principles, which alone can guide us on this path to wholeness.

By fixing our eyes on the things that don't change, Williamson leads us across ten key bridges of transformation:

From Forgetting Who We Are to Remembering Who We Are
From Negative Thinking to Positive Love
From Anxiety to Atonement
From Asking God to Change the World to Praying That He Change Us
From Living in the Past and Future to Living in the Present
From Focus on Guilt to Focus on Innocence
From Separation to Relationship
From Spiritual Death to Rebirth
From Your Plan to God's Plan
From Who We Were to Who We Are Becoming

These ten simple but profound changes empower us to see life's transitions as opportunities for growth and rebirth, providing not only keys for shaping our lives today, but also hope for transforming our world into a place of greater love and peace.