ShiningLight: 1 mouth and 2 ears!!

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!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

1 mouth and 2 ears!!

In the book of James it says to be slow to anger and quick to listen. That means, slow to react and say something in anger than to shut my mouth and listen.

A wise man that I don't know the name of once said: "There is a reason why we have 1 mouth and 2 ears and 2 eyes". This means: rather lsiten and watch/observe more than speak.

I thought about this piece of advice this morning as I was praying over the day. It is true. I DO have 2 ears but do I actually use them as much as I use my mouth? I am thinking about my every day situations: at home with the neighbors - at the office with coworkers - then with friends.
It is a resfreshing thought, a refreshing piece of advice.

Dear Lord, help me today to speak less and listen more!

I have not blogged in quite a while. There have been so many times, where I had something on my mind to blog about but then I did not have the time nor the inspiration to blog.
I am now in the posession of my tickets and I started to plan. There are several things that are on my to do list. Let me tell you more about that in my next post. xoxo