"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 you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We are 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 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."
by Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
Quoted in a speech by Nelson Mandela
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My Pact With Myself and Tools To Life
The battle is inward.
Therefore, the Victory or Defeat
is inward also.
I further get it.....
I further understand.
I yield even more, and enjoy it.
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I do it for me, not FOR Coach.
Am I Not Worth It?
Aren't I hurting, needing help,
Couldn't I be doing a lot better?
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I release....I let go of the white knuckle grip I have on my "Traps"...
I hereby make a Pact with myself and Coach, and the community of friends.
I shall keep this current, and not let negative momentum build up.
I Will Cheerfully Do My Best For Me.
Realize, Renew, Reclaim, Rock On !
...........Someone Stop Me Now !
Smilinsteve
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