Dream of This
By Marianne Williamson
Our deepest 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 brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are we 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 do not feel insecure around you. We were born to manifest the Glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is 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 fears, our presence automatically liberates others.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Unify in Love.
When something turns out well we can attribute it to many things. Nice effort, a great coordinator, organizational skills of a genius. These things seem to pull events together, make meetings effective or start up a program that thrives.
Good things do not happen because of good leadership, lots of help, good planning, or even enthusiasm. It is much deeper; it comes from love. Even the most passionate person can burn out if they do not serve with love. Love is not passion, but passion stems from love.
God is love. Let us do what we are called to do, but let us not merely do it in our own way, but through means of God's unending love. An ear will interpret differently than the nose, or the mouth might have a different way of comunicating than the nose will. But if we are one body united by the love of God, we work together better, but only when we make the effort to make our love apparent.
"12The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by[a] one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink." -1 Corinthians 12:12-13
Sometimes life is stressful, and to show love is hard. But we gotta try, that's all I can say (well I could say more, but I'm not gonna.)
Good things do not happen because of good leadership, lots of help, good planning, or even enthusiasm. It is much deeper; it comes from love. Even the most passionate person can burn out if they do not serve with love. Love is not passion, but passion stems from love.
God is love. Let us do what we are called to do, but let us not merely do it in our own way, but through means of God's unending love. An ear will interpret differently than the nose, or the mouth might have a different way of comunicating than the nose will. But if we are one body united by the love of God, we work together better, but only when we make the effort to make our love apparent.
"12The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by[a] one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink." -1 Corinthians 12:12-13
Sometimes life is stressful, and to show love is hard. But we gotta try, that's all I can say (well I could say more, but I'm not gonna.)
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