"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 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 were born to 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."
-Mariann Williamson
I have 2 girls. Actually, they are young women. When did this happen? Blame it on the fact that they are both in college, but I have been thinking a lot lately about how fast time sped by. I raised them alone. I never used the title 'single parent'. I never liked using that as an excuse. It was hard though. I was always tired, always broke and always stressed. I wonder if that is why time passed so quickly. Because I was always so stressed. Some days I wish I could get a do-over. I would change the way I did things and just enjoy being with the 2 of them more. I can't do-over though and that is a good thing. They are fabulous young women and I couldn't be more proud of them or love them more.
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