fear

I enjoyed a great night of laughing, relaxing and conversations last night. My friend Amy and I watched the movie, Akleeah and the Bee. It was fantastic. I recommend it to anyone. The movie is themed around a poem called "Our Deepest Fear" that I haven't been able to get out of my head.

I praise God that He didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power!!!

OUR DEEPEST FEAR
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 is not just in some of us; it is 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.

- by Marianne Williamson

(from "A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles")