ShiningLight: The funny story of the "Ringelsocke"

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!

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

The funny story of the "Ringelsocke"

I am feeling better today first of all and I am so thankful! Now to my funny story from this morning. As I was at the church office, I talked with one of the wonderful staff people and as I turn around to go my way, she asked an odd question: Is this sock hanging out of your right backpocket hanign out there on purpose, Kerstin? I stopped, frowned, and reached back into my right backpocket- YES, she was right, there was my sock, my "Ringelsock", a very colorful fluffy one. I started laughing as did my colleagues. Then I rememberd: well see our dog BUDDY, tha black lab loves to take a sock and carry it all the way to the porch where he wants to go OUTSIDE. Somehow in teh last night , he woke someone of the family up, carrying my sock, then dropped it to run outside. This morning I found my sock at the porchdoor and I took it and put it in my backpocket. Then I totally forgot to take it back out. O my gosh, I ran around with this sock in my pocket (pretty visible, let me tell you that!) out to the car, into the post office, and into the hcurch office. WOW!