Things Are Different Now

[sage]

i saw this in someone's post - i guess this is ANOTHER author i am going to have to read

I love Marianne Williamson's work. She has a very soothing voice, too, so I've enjoyed listening to her works on tape.

One of her books "A woman's worth" -- I place on my list of 5 pivotal books.

"A return to love" is also great.

Here's a wonderful quote from that book (it's often incorrectly attributed to Nelson Mandela -- he's said lots of wonderful and insightful things but he didn't say this one...Ms. Williamson did!):

"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 is not just in some of us; it is 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. "

Sage