Bring It

I am ready for the next adventure. I want life to break me open. I want no more of this boxed in, breathless, anxious state. I can say I am afraid, but I'm surprised at what I am afraid of. I am afraid of being too successful. I am afraid that brighter my light, the more I will disappoint the people that have known me the longest and the best. It's just as irrational of a fear as any other, but it's different. I have always known that I am strong, full of love, and capable of achieving whatever it is that I want to. I have never believed that it would be well received if I did.

This is my fear. And if I don't break through it, I stay here - in a curled up state of suffocation.

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 permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.