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!


Monday, July 02, 2007

Missed opportunities-Taking things for granted?

I have been thinking about this one for a while and every time when I am to take up my tent and belongings and move on, I come back to it. I think about missed opportunities, things that we take for granted, people that we take for granted......
As long as everything stays the same: no problem- BUT as soon as there is change in thea air, then we get it, we think about what we have had all this time that now will be different. Have we taken things, situations, people for granted?
Last week I was at a memorial service. That person used to be at the office every week. She was there, every week. Then, one day we got a call from her sister telling us that this lady died...just like that. I was shocked...we all were and still are. When I was sitting on my chair at the memorial service, I suddenly came to think about how much I took her for granted. Well, if I take HER for granted, what then about all the precious people around me every day? SO needless to say that this post makes me feel grateful for what I have....for what God provides me with wherever I go. A Pioneer for God

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