ShiningLight: So much we don't know

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!

Friday, May 18, 2007

So much we don't know - IRAQ

I read several articles and life reports from soldiers who were in Iraq and made it back safely. I am stunned and I do not have the words for it. I respect and honor each man and woman who goes out to war these days. I do have a different take on things being German and all. So all these years I did not want to look at it. But recently, the situation in IRAQ was brought to my attention. I do the mail here at East Hill and every day I pass by a huge frame with a lot of pictures in it...pictures of brave and couragous young mena dn women who are serving this country. yesterday I stopped and read the words underneath each picture, I looked at the picture and studied their faces. There is so much I do not know...so much we do not know about the conditions for the soldiers the marines that are in war. How hard it must be for them to survive , to numb the pain. This blog is to salute them and to pray for them: may they gain their sanity back, may they survive, may they have strength every day!