Monday, February 23, 2009

YOU ARE ON FIRE

"Our worst fear 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 so brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are we not to be? You are a child of God: Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone and as we let our own 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
Widely mis-attributed to Nelson Mandela






I think it's so interesting when somebody points the selfish finger at others who are unafraid to be different, examples, or against the grain. There is a HUGE difference between SELF INTEREST (a good, god-given persuit) and SELFISHNESS.

BE A LIGHT ON A HILL. Because you are on a hill, no matter what.... you might as well be ON FIRE.

My blog is now public.

4 comments:

EulogyScript said...

Woh! I love those pictures (and the idea behind this post)... especially the (soon to be) "char'd and empty building" and the lady with the ferret.

You're awesome.

Julie said...

I needed to hear that today. I'm not feeling my light very much. thanks for sharing this!

RATCH said...

I love you and I love reading your blog.

Renae said...

I love this post! It is something I so needed to hear and the pictures just really do something for me. Oh, and I love your whole blog by the way!