Faith and Magic: March 2011

It seems to me like this: it's not a terrible thing--I mean, it may be terrible, but it's not damaging, it's not poisoning--to do without something one really wants. . . . What's really terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is the first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do, or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better. (Doris Lessing)

The worst fear is that I'll learn to be happy AT LAST and then get real sad when I see what I've missed. (Spalding Gray)

The more Enoch sermonizes, the clearer it becomes that faith is his only bulwark against chaos and nothingness. (Stephen Holden)

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

From Nelson Mand...Whoops, Marianne
Williamson, By way of my friend GB

Faith and Magic

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