Our prayer is not simply, ‘Dear God, please send me a better job,’ but…

Marianne Williamson
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Our prayer is not simply, ‘Dear God, please send me a better job,’ but, ‘Dear God, enable me to see this situation differently, that this area of apparent lack might be healed inside my mind. ✨ Marianne Williamson (2004). Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles, p.89, Penguin
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