The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife

by Marianne Williamson

It’s not what’s happened in your life so far that has the power to determine your future. It’s how you interpret what’s happened, and learn from what’s happened, that sets the course for your probable tomorrows.

If you want to spend the years you have left simply reenacting the dramas of your past, you can. The same script will indeed be coming around again for your review.

Take a good look at your life right now. If you don’t like something about it, close your eyes and imagine the life you want. Now allow yourself to focus your inner eye on the person you would be if you were living this preferred life. Notice the differences in how you behave and present yourself; allow yourself to spend several seconds breathing in the new image, expanding your energy into this new mold. Hold the image for several seconds and ask God to imprint it on your subconscious mind. Do that every day for ten minutes or so. If you share this technique with certain people, the chances are good they’ll tell you that it’s way too simple. It’s up to you what you believe.

How do we get up again when life has thrown us down? How do we get over the past? Without forgiveness, it cannot be done.