An Insight...

Monday, December 1, 2008

"Though it hurt so much and was really hard to get through... I would do it all over again given the chance. I've only been really in love once and it was the most devastatingly beautiful chapter of my life. There is so much to gain from the intimacy and closeness you can share with another person... It was sad to see it end, but looking back now I can say I am a better person because of it... it gave me an insight and tenderness that I had never experienced before and the thought of finding a new partner excites me because this time around I will know how to be the lover that she deserves... well I guess it is better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all... "

Fear/less

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.

- Marianne Williamson