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!
4 comments:
Lol, I think this is hilarious! And all so true! Although the attitude is more in love rather than sarcasim. :)
ha. nice. kudos to whomever found it.
Lol. I thik it's funny, but also a bit sombering. I do thik we are responsiblr for our actions. God is a God of grace, but I believe reading in the Bible where God let the Israelites hit their butts on the sand for some time.
He didn't give up, but he allowed them to reap their stuborness.
Alexis, you are right- the Israelites' buttprints in the sesert must have been numerous and I can see my buttpritns in the sand when looking back as well...I guess that is why I loved this "poem" first time I read it on Margaret Feiberg's blog.
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