Splashing In Puddles of Sand

Our Deepest Fear...

Today I have been thinking about the words below...Especially the first three lines. A lot of people believe Nelson Mandela said this in his inaugural speech in 94, but it's actually from a book by the author mentioned above...

I took out a line or two that I didn't really want to include, just because they mentioned God and while I'm not against that, I think it took away from my reason for posting, because it doesn't only apply to Christians, or only to people who believe in some sort of God, it applies to every single person, no matter what they believe. I like how everyone's individual, unique, different.

Sometimes I wonder where some people find the confidence, the self-belief, to sing their own praises so loudly, to stand on their own and feel totally secure. To speak their minds. To stand up for themselves. To stand up for others. To be themselves.

I'm not sure if this is just something I go through, or if everyone has this, but I certainly have a fallible view of my self. And this comes in many different forms. Like if I was asked to pick out someone with the same build as I have I'd pick someone bigger than me, because in my head I think I'm fatter. Or I'll look at people I know and think they are so smart/funny/hot/popular, when really other people look at me in this same way.

A lot of times I have been told by others that I am like this, and I never really thought about it until I started to realize how much people told me this. It's easy to see others in a better light than you look at yourself with. It's easy to be insecure and afraid and do nothing instead of the everything you should, everything you want to.

I dont really know what else to say...I think the words say it all. So just give it a read and contemplate it. Think about the fears and insecurites that hold you back, think about areas of your personality that you should let shine, think about how you can change the world...



'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?
...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.
...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.'

--Marianne Williamson

posted by Oreo @ 9:39 PM