from a very dear friend . . . a much needed shove

A thought for the month:

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, 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 others won’t
feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is 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.

– Marianne Williamson