Let The Sunshine In

Photo by the lovely Leslie Sakal.

I can't begin to explain how honored I feel, and how overwhelmed I am by the enthusiasm, support, and love that you have all been so generous with lately.

I want to share a quote from Marianne Williamson's A Return to Love. I don't know anything about the book or about Williamson, and as far as God is concerned I'm neither here nor there. All I know is that my mother first showed me the quote many years ago, and I hope that I'm stuck with it for life.

“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.”