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This reads as a faith in hidden purpose, and as a way of making difficulty feel meaningful rather than random. It can be taken to mean that encounters and hardships are part of inner development, which lands for someone trying to make sense of a painful turn in life or a relationship that felt unexpectedly important.
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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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