“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 you not to be? You are a child of the universe. 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 that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s 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.” Discover Your Joy…. www.soulexpressions.net
How about you ?
Do you feel free and strong enough to live your full potential ?
Or do you let your fear of other people’s judgement restrain you from doing so ?
How does it serve the world if we all strive to be the average person ‘John Smith’ or ‘Jan Modaal’ ?
How would the world look like if we all did ?
if we all averaged out our specificity, our potential to shine
ooh … and guess what … your specificity will be cheered for by some and ‘boooo-ooood’ by others
Remind yourself “… people that mind don’t matter and people that matter don’t mind” – Dr. Suess
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March 7, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Stacey / Create a Balance
I feel free and strong enough to live my full potential. I recently wrote my personal creed over at joyfuldays dot com that included some of the quote above.
Here is my personal creed:
I am light.
My purpose is to let my light shine,
to shine light on others,
and to give people permission
to do the same.
March 10, 2009 at 9:01 pm
coach
Stacey – I love your personal creed. It’s a condensed personalised version that I will use for my own use as well. Thanks for that !