I would like to share a passage that I feel is so beautiful for all women to read - a passage by Marianne Williamson that begs women to accept and honor their greatness. So much of the time we are afraid to stand tall in who we are - the questions that runs thru our minds....Who might we overshadow? Will our friends and family still love us if we shine? What will our responsibility be to life and the world if we are all that we can be? Will we be able to maintain this high level of power? What more will be expected of us? Are we good enough to show the world all that we are? etc, etc. and the answer is you owe it to yourself and the world to let your spirit shine as brightly as it can. This is the reason you were born into this life....so go SHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OUR DEEPEST FEAR
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 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
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 that
is within us.
It’s not just in some
of us: it’s in everyone.
And when 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 from
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A
Course in Miracles”
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