Two Things
1. Joe Schmidt is holding a charity blogathon for the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation on September 30th. Osteogenesis Imperfecta, more commonly known as OI, is a genetic disorder which affects approximately 20,000-50,000 Americans. OI is a disease that instructs the body to either make little collagen or poor quality collagen resulting in brittle bones. I love it when people actually do something to try and help make the world a better place. Good luck, Joe.
2. A quote from Marianne Williamson that can apparently make me weep for hours:
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.
Thanks for help spreading the word. I really appreciate it.
I love that passage from Williamson and I quote it often, especially to budding creatives. I think we should all have it cross-stitched across our foreheads. (On my backside, I want tattooed a complementary truism from my own mentor: “Not everyone in life going to kiss you on both cheeks and call you blessed. Get over it.”)
Another favorite source of encouragement and wisdom is Julia Cameron, author of Artist’s Way. She has a wonderful way of challenging our most toxic myths about what it costs to express ourselves creatively. One instance is how we think of creative people as having to be jealous, competitive and cutthroat to get their work out there. Cameron says the best of creative people are lavishly supportive of other people and their ideas. Much the way your blog is.
I have been wandering from here into the most interesting places recently. Thanks for that.
I LOVE that quote. I want my children to grow up not only knowing the quote, but believing it. What a gift to actually be able to embody that sentiment – a gift to ourselves, but an even greater gift to the world around us.
Just What I Needed…
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
I didn’t know who Marianne Williamson was so I had to look her up. With the exception of the God stuff (and the Oprah stuff), this quote articulates exactly how I feel …
I love that.
You should watch (if you haven’t) Akeelah and the Bee, they quote that in the movie among many other awesome quotes.
p.s.
You have acted this out on your very own blog:
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.
Feel proud of you today, you do good and you are good. And thank you for doing that
Thanks, Leah. I needed that.
I am in the middle of watching “The Devil and Daniel Johnston”, and coupling that with that quote had moved me. What a fabulous quote.
Another one who needed that quote. Thank you.
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Yep, *snif, snif* that’s a goodie.
I’ve been listening to Marianne on XM radio. When she’s on, I can’t get out of the car.
i have that same quote stuck to my desk.
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