Flying with fortification, a re-post sort of

TI just felt the need to post this again. I guess I needed to read the words again or maybe my soul just needed the comfort.

Today is about fortification for flying. We need nourishment. That can come in many forms. For me it has come in the form of great friends. Other times we need encouragement and sometimes we just need to be reminded not to be less than who we truly are. We were made for flying!

Marianne Williamson

A Return to Love

Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

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 dark, 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 is nothing enlightened about shrinking

So that other people won't feel insecure

around you.

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 the permission

to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,

our presence automatically liberates others.

Flying with strength

Yesterday I heard a new word 'emfeebled' which means to deprive of strength. It is a powerful word. One that I had not heard before yesterday, but one that I understand and can relate to. Are you depriving yourself of strength? Are you telling yourself that you can't, aren't pretty enough, aren't smart enough, that you aren't anything that you wish you were? 

Why do we do that to ourselves? Why do we enfeeble ourselves? It is safer to think what we are less than what we are? Do we think that if we deny ourselves what we really want some way we will get it from God because we are humble? Really? 

Return to Love

by

Marianne Williamson

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 does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people
will not feel insecure around you.
We were born to make and 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.

Flying with Marianne Williamson

For some reason I needed to 'hear' this poem today. It is titled A Return to Love written by Marianne Williamson. Be blessed.

 A Return to Love

“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.”