*
"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
the permission to do the same.
As we are liberated
from our own fear,
our presence automatically
liberates others "
Spoken by Nelson Mandela
in 1994
at his inauguration
it actually comes
from the book
A RETURN TO LOVE
1992
by Marianne Williamson
*
Last sunday
I had my postponed
GIRLFRIENDS-BIRTHDAY-CELEBRATION
My birthday is in november
AUTUMN
and now it was
SPRING
a whole other season
I lost my younger sister
in autumn
The theme was
C O L O U R
my girlfriends all
told something
on their own unique way
Barbara
lives in France
she made me a book
filled with Haiku's
she wrote one
every day
La lune blanchit
Et le blue sápprofondit
Et la nuit est lá
de maan licht op
en het blauw verdiept zich
en dan is het nacht
*
another friend
used the
mandela/williamson words
when she told us about
confessing colour
( kleur bekennen = a dutch expression )
confessing is making something
known to the world
what has been hidden
until than .....
colour
is an expression of the soul
colour is quality of the soul
The kind of colour
you would like to express yourself in
YOUR COLOUR
How beautiful the world would be
if everyone was wearing
his/her true colour ?
*
The mouse with the
colourful suit
was a present from another
friend
Happy colours
*
I had
an afternoon
filled with
beautiful
inspiring friends
who give
my life
COLOUR
Astrid -Barbara -leontien-Saskia-Saskia-Sylvia
a wonderful
start
of a new week
wish you all
colours
lots of them
to make you happy
*
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
the permission to do the same.
As we are liberated
from our own fear,
our presence automatically
liberates others "
Spoken by Nelson Mandela
in 1994
at his inauguration
it actually comes
from the book
A RETURN TO LOVE
1992
by Marianne Williamson
*
Last sunday
I had my postponed
GIRLFRIENDS-BIRTHDAY-CELEBRATION
My birthday is in november
AUTUMN
and now it was
SPRING
a whole other season
I lost my younger sister
in autumn
The theme was
C O L O U R
my girlfriends all
told something
on their own unique way
Barbara
lives in France
she made me a book
filled with Haiku's
she wrote one
every day
La lune blanchit
Et le blue sápprofondit
Et la nuit est lá
de maan licht op
en het blauw verdiept zich
en dan is het nacht
*
another friend
used the
mandela/williamson words
when she told us about
confessing colour
( kleur bekennen = a dutch expression )
confessing is making something
known to the world
what has been hidden
until than .....
colour
is an expression of the soul
colour is quality of the soul
The kind of colour
you would like to express yourself in
YOUR COLOUR
How beautiful the world would be
if everyone was wearing
his/her true colour ?
*
The mouse with the
colourful suit
was a present from another
friend
Happy colours
*
I had
an afternoon
filled with
beautiful
inspiring friends
who give
my life
COLOUR
Astrid -Barbara -leontien-Saskia-Saskia-Sylvia
a wonderful
start
of a new week
wish you all
colours
lots of them
to make you happy
*
My dear heart! I was wondering how all of this turned out! LOOK at the happy colors here, the love, the friends! This was a special month for you, having met up with Koralee, Saskia and all the other sisters! Sending you my fondest wishes for another wonderful week of April enchantment mon amie, mijn vriendin, mijn zuster! Anita
BeantwoordenVerwijderenOh me oh my...I must say this is one of my favourite posts of yours...LOVE this....
BeantwoordenVerwijderen"And as we let our own light shine
we unconsciously
give other people
the permission to do the same."
HOW TRUE IS THIS!!!!!!!
Let's make our light shine today!
I am off to put 100's of tulips in the church for our colleague today as it is her memorial service this afternoon {many of these tulips where brought by students}....we will celebrate her life with JOY!
xoxoxoxo
I am lovin' what is written here by Marianne Williamson. How nice it was for you to spend the day with friends. Is that Astrid from Astrid Bears? Oh, I love her blog.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLet your light shine on, Francis.
~Love, Sheri
GOOD MORNING FRANCIS!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI have a lot of emails and comments to get to before I have to leave to school this morning, but I saw your Facebook message and LOVE THE MOUSE SO MUCH! And then I saw that you DID come to my post and the best news is that you have your laptop fixed! YES!!!!!!!!!
It is so good to connect with you my friend. The colors of your life, your world, your dreams...they are just precious to ME. I so wish I could see you and I am glad to hear that your living room is giving you such joy. ME TOO. My studio is all white and it is so peaceful, and in the summer, I usually add a splash of aqua with a pillow or something to just give it that extra joy.
I must go now to my former French school to teach today; all week I am booked up, but it has been fun.
MANY HUGS MY DEAR! Anita