The Gift Of Change

I am reading or trying to read Marianne Williamson’s book, “The Gift of Change” and having gotten to page 19 where I have stopped for the umpteenth time to contemplate what she is saying. I have read some of her earlier work and heard her speak at the Church of Today here in Detroit but one thing continually plagues me as I attempt to swallow or get my mind wrapped around what she is saying and that is I don’t think God meant it to be this difficult. She uses philosophical language, big words and by the time I have waded through it even though I do think what she is conveying rings true it just seems like she could say it plainer? Like Jesus said, “If you want to save your life you must be willing to lose it” or “Who ever wishes to be first must be last”, “There is no fear in love – real love cast out fear” – maybe she could expound on these truths and how she sees one could carry them out in their every day life and at least then I would not get a headache reading her rendition of these realities but only be faced with the personal choice of living or not living this way. But then there may be no need for a book- right? I do think she has some concrete ways of explaining these basic life skills so I will do my best to read the rest but it is just so wordy and convoluted in my opinion. We will see how far I get.