And today, my best friend had her baby. YEE!
And someone showed me this:
"You may or may not be acquainted with the moments when one thinks to oneself, "Go back to your day job- you're 'art' is shithouse." It's amazing how cruel we are to ourselves. Something we'd never say to our loved ones and yet, self tapes spew out comments that would tear strips off. Well, that's what I've been doing. Of course, my suggestion is don't listen to critics but I need to take my own advice. I'm reminded of Nelson Mandela's speech:"
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 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.
