It just so happens that I love things that are inspiring and optimistic! I think its important to have something in life that inspires you. As for me i have always been inspired by music and others and there thoughts. I actuallly carry around a blue book that has the word dream on the front of it and in this book i keep all the secret words of others that have seemed to inspire a thought in my mind. Some are funny, sentimental, profound, and just plain inspiring and uplifting. I like to look through this book when i am down or just needing a little inspiration at the moment. When i was in a music class in school the teacher pulled out a paper for each student with the following Inauguration address.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest feat is that we are powerful beyond our measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am i to be brillliant, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?...Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlighening about shrinking so that orher people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory...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 peoople permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Nelson Mandela
(Inauguration address)
I never really knew how much i would rely apon these powerful words. I mean read it slow and really think about what you are saying! apply it to yourself! Think about it....our deepest fear is that we AER powerful beyone our measure, and it is our light that fightens us!!!! I mean wow!!! All of us are different and have different strengths and talents, but is it the fear of what others might do or think of us once we allow ourselfs to accept and show others this bear raw vulnerable part of us...is it our fear that we might accutally be something great! I love how it says we were born to make manifest the GLORY that is within us. Not just some BUT IN ALL!! I find it interesting that it states that it is us who gives one another permission to share that light. How funny would it be if we all were to let go and take a chance and just let loose and allow ourselfs to be great....oh how different the world would be. Would we live in fear of one anothers judging thoughts....would we live in fear of ourselfs? I believe the time has come for us all to allow LIGHT to shine forth from all of us! Be who you are and whatever that may be...be great at it perfect it,be unstoppable!
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