ShiningLight: Packing, un-packing, over-packing, under-packing...

BEYOND MEASURE

"OUR DEEPEST 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, 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 ARE ALL MEANT TO SHINE, AS CHILDREN DO.
WE WERE BORN TO MAKE MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD IN US. IT'S NOT JUST SOME OF US. IT'S 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 - and quoted by Nelson Mandela 1994 at his inauguration!

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Packing, un-packing, over-packing, under-packing...

It's time to pack....to pack my whole life again into two suitcases! Somehow I remember saying this already a few months ago when I left the States. Oh well. This time I pack for a life that will be different and for a stay that will be longer. Crazy crazy crazy!! So these days look like this: packing, then unpacking, repacking and then checking if that is not overpacking :=) God helps me- He is in the little things as well as in the big things so I trust HIM! I am leaving such wonderful friends behind, such a wonderful mom and such a wonderful dad. It is hard to say good-bye. However, I embrace this process for it is a sign of a new beginning and a sign that God has given me precious people also on this side of the globe!

Thanks be to God, to my Creator and to the one who comforts me and all I love!

1 comment:

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Good night! Sweet dreams!; 1:07 AM