Growing Pains

I learned something about myself this weekend. I don’t allow myself to be too happy. I sabotage myself every time I think I am moving forward in growth with regard to my artwork, or relationships, or goals of any kind. At 49 years old I am starting to wonder if I will ever get over the hurts of childhood. Will I always be the little girl who was told not to sing because it made somebody in the house uncomfortable?…

This morning I remembered this from Marianne Williamson – A Return to Love.

“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'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.”

Happy Week!

Peace
Keren