Woman to Woman Encouragement

Woman to Woman Encouragement

Someone will always be smarter. Their house will be bigger. They will drive a better car.

Their children will do better in school. And their partners will fix more things around the house. So let it go and love you and your circumstances.

Think about it.

The prettiest woman in the world can have hell in her heart. And the most highly favored woman on your job may be unable to have children.

The richest woman you know - she's got the car, the house, the clothes - might be heartbreakingly lonely.

So, love you. Love who you are right now.

Tell yourself, "I am too blessed to be stressed."


"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world."


"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some sort of battle."

Be blessed ladies

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Lovely Vicki and just what I needed to read right now!
Thank you.

So true, Vickie! I lived in so much turmoil, self-inflicted, until I accepted the wisdom you've just shared. Thanks!

Tami

This follows the same train of thought.
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No Excuses


The next time you feel like being bitter, resentful and angry --- even if the circumstances justify these emotions ---
consider the inspiring words of a man who, after 27 years ofimprisonment by his government, had every right to be bitter,resentful and angry:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

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 enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are 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."

These are words of Nelson Mandela, who gave this inaugural speech in 1994, after being elected President of South Africa.

He became the leader of the government that had for so long sought to take away his voice.

This man had every right to be bitter, resentful and angry at the world.

How dare he inspire us to greatness? Shouldn't he have instead approved our sloth?

After all, is anyone really appreciated for what he does,regardless of the extent of the sacrifice?

Nelson Mandela confirms that you are expected to be great.

Nothing less.

You can even be more than great if you decide to ignore the non-existent limitations that everyone else can see.

What kind of glasses are they wearing?

I know I'm gorgeous, brilliant and talented.
Simply put, I am fabulous.

What about you?

By C. Elijah Bronner
(With credit to Nelson Mandela)

quote:

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Originally posted by ChristinaR:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."

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ChristinaR, you have no idea how much I personally needed this particular post right now. I have been in an unbelievably mucky funk lately...and it's not so much the funk that's difficult to deal with, it's the FEAR...and I can't believe the first two lines of your quote, because both are exactly what I've been struggling between - the fear that I'm entirely too inadequate - and the fear that I'm actually more powerful than I can even imagine - and then back to the original fear of being so powerful and yet so inadequate in my current inability to function well!

With a proneness to depression and chronic fatigue, I know that it's necessary to take my gentle time to get out of this funk, and I know that "this too shall pass". But in the meantime, it's a dark place to be stuck in. Your quote was exactly what I needed to hear today...it shines light on a path that was becoming too rocky and precarious to travel in the shadow of these fears. You've given me some light to work in. Thanks!

[ April 23, 2006, 09:31 PM: Message edited by: Eagle Heart ]