Summary of Marianne Williamson's Tears to Triumph is a nonfiction meditation on suffering and the spiritual pathways that can open as a result of embracing pain. Now more than ever, the teachings of the world's great religious figures are applicable to modern life. They can help people on the path of enlightenment recognize that God's love is the only truth that exists in the universe.

Today, millions of people take medication for depression and other mental health disorders. The ease with which doctors prescribe medication represents a troubling trend: namely, a prevailing attitude that pain and suffering are best resolved by popping pills. But emotional discomfort is a signal to delve into uncomfortable feelings, not numb them with pharmaceuticals. The number of people who suffer from actual clinical mental health conditions is minute in comparison with the number of prescriptions that are so casually written. As the Western tendency to over-medicate and under-reflect increases, so does unease and suffering...