I've been away from blogs for the past week or two, and so it was serendipitous that as I was getting my self-doubts dissolved by praise from people, Boni suggested a kindler gentler blog community and suggested that we write good things about one another. I peeked at a couple of the lists of kind words that some of you had put together, and I could tell it must have been painful to switch from the edginess and witty sarcasm in which we all engage, to the open-hearted praise. Well-done to everyone, and kudos to Boni for calling us to a higher standard of love -- that's what it is -- at least for one blog entry!.
Now, if you want, take the bold and vulnerable step of posting a "Say some nice things about me" entry.
For some reason this reminds me of a quote I first heard in the movie, Akeela and the Bee:
"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? . . . We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us."
Marianne Williamson's from A Return to Love
3 comments:
I really enjoy that quote. But I believe to fully embrace it, there must be true understanding that the glory comes from God. Because otherwise our light can become our darkness.
What if you're Buddhist?
Do as I do. Go with "the Universe" or "the Force" as the terminology of choice. "God" seems to have a lot of baggage for many of us, Buddhist or not. But most of us can accept some sort of positive force/energy/essence/intention/will.
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