Like Marianne and Martha, Daniel reminds us to shine! www.gratefulness.org, ahimsa, “There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening
that is translated through you into action,
and because there is only one of you in all time,
this expression is unique.
If you block it,
it will never exist through any other medium
and be lost.
The world will not have it.
It is not your business to determine how good it is;
nor how valuable it is;
nor how it compares with other expressions.
It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly,
to keep the channel open.
You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work.
You have to keep open and aware directly
of the urges that motivate you.
Keep the channel open.
No artist is pleased.
There is no satisfaction whatever at any time.
There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction;
a blessed unrest that keeps us marching
and makes us more alive than the others.”
{A Letter to Agnes DeMille from dancer extraordinaire, Martha Graham}
‘Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond imagination. It is our light more than our darkness which scares us.
We ask ourselves – who are we to be brilliant,
to be beautiful,
to be talented, and
to be fabulous. But honestly, who are you to not be so?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve in this world….
Nothing enLIGHTened about shrinking so that “another” doesn’t feel insecure around U.
For those around us to feel peace, it does NOT serve to make ourselves small. We are ALL meant to shine, as children often do.
We were born to express the glory of god that lives in us. It is not in some of us, divinity is in all of us.
While we allow our light to shine, we unconsciously give permission for others to do the same. When we liberate ourselves from our own fears, simply our presence may liberate others.’
– Marianne Williamson in Return to Love: Reflections on a Course in Miracles
