Are you feeling light today? Do your eyes shine and sparkle? Is the sun shining on you?
“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’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 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’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.“
‘A Return To Love’ -- Marianne Williamson
The light of the sun fuels life on our planet and without light we wouldn’t exist.
We are light, not darkness.
We are all made of stars.
That’s also a little plug for iPeace where I hang out from time to time for a little light relief.
Carefully selected articles from my favourite blogs
All loosely connected in some way to the theme of ligh:
Festival of light by my good friend Michael at Love To Spare, who I consider to be one of the truly light people writing in the blogosphere.
Sunday Thought For The Day by Lance at Jungle Of Life. I know I included one from Lance last week, but I just love his writing. His was one of the first sites I followed and he’s long been an inspiration to me.
and finally
The Resolution at Positively Present.
I hope this post brought a little light into your weekend.
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Ian,
I love the Williamson quote. Every time I hear it, I feel empowered. Thanks for this light post today. It made me smile though I was feeling a little heavy hearted.
Hi Ian,
I’m going to copy what Daphne is saying – I also love this quote by Marianne Williamson. In fact, I used it recently in a speech I gave. The message shared in it is so powerful and uplifting!
And I’m not familiar with iPeace, so thanks for the pointer to this place.
You shine light Ian – very much so, what you’re talking about here is filled with a light that shines out into the world – always!
And thank you for all the recent mentions – I appreciate this very much!
Ian,
Thanks for starting off my weekend right with another light post! I liked the youtube video.
Wow, I feel really honored to have been selected!
That means so much to me! Thank you!
I really love this line “We are all made of stars.” That is such a beautiful image and I know it’s going to stick with me.
Again, thanks for the mention!
Thanks for sharing this video. It’s inspiring.
Lisa
That is another one of my favorite quotes by Marianne Williamson. It is such a powerful quote and one that I think of often. Thank you for reminding all of us that we are all more powerful than we may realize.
nice post, thanks
@ Daphne Glad I brought a smile!
@ Lance Maybe see you over at iPeace!
@ Roger You’re welcome. Hope you had a good one!
@ Positively Present It was a great post, so my pleasure to share it.
@ Lisa Thanks
@ Nadia It’s quite a well known quote, but that doesn’t lessen its impact.
@ hkki Thanks
Ian, thanks for plugging iPeace. I hadn’t heard of it either. Looks like a GREAT resource. I’m looking forward to checking it out.
I LOVE THAT SONG. (It’s a pretty version, too.) It’s awesome to be reminded of stuff that lights your soul.
@Suze Hope to see you over at iPeace. LOL
@Hayden And there is so much to light our souls if we only open ourselves!