Dear Nerissa,
I sat down to write. I had thought of something I wanted to write about- I had the words, the message and my tone all laid out. But as I sat typing, I stopped. What would my audience think? “Wait-” I thought, “what if I sound super stupid?”
I just quit writing there.
Later I was thinking, “what stopped me?” the answer: fear.
I then thought of the quote, “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 are born to manifest the glory of God that is within us…”
I am the creation of a Magnificent Being, and am thus endowed with great power. I love this idea.
Sometimes, I fear my potential. It is much easier to be weak. It’s always harder to stand against the flow of the river, especially when it does it’s best to ebb your soul away.
I was really afraid to share my thought- it was a great thought- and I’ve lost it. If I had captured my thought, I would know it now.
But my fear froze me.
Who am I to deny the greatness within myself? Why did I let a puny thought hold me back? Fear.
Love,
Sofia
