Marianne Williamson's MiracleThought

If American women want to feel empowered, they must use their power, Marianne says. She talks about the importance of speaking your mind and following your heart. You will not only help yourself, but also have a positive effect on those around you.

You do not benefit from being attached to your possessions. Take the energy you give to your attachments and redirect it, Marianne says. Surrender to the hands of God and let him help you become a blissful human being.

Even if you think you don't deserve his love based on your past, God loves you, Marianne says. He sees what he created and holds you in the highest place. Realize who you are, love yourself and be willing to appreciate others.

Through the power of God in you, you are capable of greatness. It isn't arrogant to recognize it--it will bring you humility. Marianne talks about how to own the power God has placed in you. You haven't seen anything yet!

No matter what you're saying, every word has power. How will you wield that power? Marianne talks about why it's important to evaluate what you're going to say before you say it. You'll be glad you did.

According to A Course in Miracles, the presence of fear is a sure sign that you're trusting in your own strength. How can you be the person God would have you be today? Marianne talks about how to be of service to God and love and about how to serve your divine purpose.

In the New Testament, Jesus talks about building your house on a base of sand or rock. If you build your house on sand, you can be blown away. However, if you build your house on rock, your house will remain forever. The same principle goes for your self-esteem. Marianne talks about how to build your emotional house on rock.

The quality of the collaboration determines the result, Marianne says. We come together when there's a disaster in our community, but we can come together without disaster. She talks about how to raise your consciousness to find out how we can truly become a community.

"Well-behaved women seldom make history," author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich says. Appreciate the women who came before you, and become a role model for those who've yet to come. Marianne talks about making history while being well behaved, in the sense that your behavior stems from peace, compassion and grace.

Throughout time and space, there's always been an evolutionary impulse toward a greater good. When you close your heart and your ability to love, you stop the perfect operation of a self-organizing universe. God will do his part if you do yours. Marianne talks about how to work with what God has planned for you and be at peace.

Sickness is the absence of health. Stress on the body and mind is just one cause of disease. Marianne talks about ways to take care of your health on a spiritual level.

When you respond to someone with words that cause suffering, you're escalating the emotional violence within you, Marianne says. She talks about developing the emotional discipline to control your own reactive impulses and about allowing fear to move through you. Stand in the love, she says.

The human brain begins to learn earlier than we think. According to the Families and Work Institute's research on human brain development, what happens in the first five years of life is a template that becomes part of people for the rest of their lives. Marianne says what you teach your children will not only determine their futures, but the future of society as a whole.

Any time in life that you think you are cheating on a commitment, on some level, it will be known. If you feel guilty about something, you will subconsciously set yourself up for punishment. Marianne talks about why you should be careful about what you do and think.

Whenever you're about to judge anyone for anything, ask yourself if you've done anything similar or even worse. When you decide not to judge someone, it doesn't mean you don't hold the person accountable. Hold people accountable for their actions so they can open their hearts and hear what you have to say, Marianne says. As you grow in your capacity to not be judgmental, you'll be able to reach people's souls.