Last night I was enjoying a nice dinner with my husband at a cute restaurant in Cannon Beach, Oregon. As we waited for our dessert (The Lemon Thing, which is super yummy!) I went to use the little girls room, and sitting and pondering my life as I so often do my eyes strayed to the wall in front of me. I lingered on the porcelain much longer than needed so that I could absorb the words written there.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves,
"Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?"
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to
make manifest the glory of God
that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our light shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
-Marianne Williamson
I am so lucky to have had so many of you in my life that have let your light shine and made it possible for me to strive for the same.
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