Inspiration

Success

Posted in Accomplishment, Achievement, Appreciation, Beauty, Bessie Stanley, Calling, Cause, Children, Dedicated, Destiny, Elisabeth-Anne "Bessie" Anderson Stanley, Enjoy, Expressing oneself, Expression, Giving, Impact, Improvement, Inspiration, Intelligence, Laugh, Life, Live, Love, Men, Nature, Poem, Praise, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Respect, Robert Louis Stevenson, Self-Expression, Success, Trust, Women, Work on January 11th, 2009 by Kelley Taylor – Be the first to comment

“He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth’s beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction.”

- Elisabeth-Anne “Bessie” Anderson Stanley
often missattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson or Robert Louis Stevenson

Fear of Success

Posted in A Return to Love, Authenticity, Dark, Destiny, Fear, Inspiration, Light, Marianne Williamson, Playing it safe, Shine, Talent on June 17th, 2006 by Kelley Taylor – Be the first to comment

“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, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t 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 are 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.”

- Marianne Williamson
21st century spiritual teacher
from A Return to Love

 


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