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This reads as an honest account of forgiveness as effort, not sentiment. It points to the strange fact that healing can hurt, because letting go of resentment may reopen the injury before it settles, and in a fractured relationship it can be the first step toward peace even when it does not feel gentle.
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About Marianne Williamson
American self-help author, speaker, and political activist
Marianne Williamson is an American self-help author, speaker, and political activist. She began her career as a spiritual leader at the Church of Today, a Unity church in Warren, Michigan, and later became widely known in the 1990s through her appearances on Oprah Winfrey's show. She wrote several self-help books, including A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles, published in 1992 and later a New York Times best seller. She was also known as Winfrey's spiritual advisor, and her work often circles around spirituality, healing, and personal transformation.
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