Monday, February 21, 2011
A Course In Miracles
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, fabulous?".
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were 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
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, fabulous?".
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were 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
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Polite/Politic
It is a wise thing to be polite;
Consequently it is a stupid thing to be rude.
To make enemies,
By unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding
As to set your house on fire.
For politeness is like a counter- an avowedly false coin
With which it is foolish to be stingy.
A sensible man willl be generous in the use of it...
Wax, a substance naturally hard and brittle, can be made soft
By the application of a little warmth, so that it will take any shape that you please.
In the same way, by being polite and friendly, you can make people pliable and obliging,
Even though they are apt to be crabbed and malevolent.
Hence politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Arthur Schopenhauer
1788-1860
Consequently it is a stupid thing to be rude.
To make enemies,
By unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding
As to set your house on fire.
For politeness is like a counter- an avowedly false coin
With which it is foolish to be stingy.
A sensible man willl be generous in the use of it...
Wax, a substance naturally hard and brittle, can be made soft
By the application of a little warmth, so that it will take any shape that you please.
In the same way, by being polite and friendly, you can make people pliable and obliging,
Even though they are apt to be crabbed and malevolent.
Hence politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Arthur Schopenhauer
1788-1860
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
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