Playing small doesn't serve the world

Do you ever doubt yourself? Are you ever afraid?  I am.  I wish I could say, no not me I'm always super confident and amazing.  The truth is I doubt, I shrink, I fret.  Sometimes, I think who am I to write, coach, create workshops, give presentations, even garden or create recipes?  But then there are other times, more and more, that I smile and know.  I like those times better.

Today, a friend of mine and I were visiting about this very topic.  She sent me a poem writen by Marianne Williamson.   If you are having a day of doubt read this and see if your inner knowing doesn't perk up a bit.

As always, I wish you oodles of confident and splashes of brilliance,
      Denise

"Our Deepest Fear"

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 doesn't serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to 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 fears, our presence automatically liberates others."

Marianne Williamson

Simplifying my life

Hi friends,

   Have you ever looked around and thought life is way more complicated than it needs to be?
 Well I'm so with you.  

Today my blog is simple- enjoy

               Thank you,

                         Denise

Pause ...just for a second and breathe

This morning I slept in.  I opened my eyes to sunshine.  I started the morning by smiling for no other reason beyond the moment.  My kitty Penny joined me.  She kneeded the bed and purred. I rubbed her belly and smiled.  The birds sang outside, the sun was shining.  It felt like a little moment of heaven.  There were no bands or fireworks but there was a deep sence of love.  Love of the moment.

I went outside this morning.  It is already warm.  I just stood in our back yard and was.  The leaves were lit by the sun.  Birds singing their songs.  The air filled with spring and lilacs.  My to do list will have to wait a few minutes.  I am busy.

It has been a while since I felt such peace.  There is a time to do, to achieve to build and create.  But there also needs to be a time to Be:  To love, to smell lilacs, to be content with sunshine and birds singing.

I don't know how to change the world.  But this morning I discovered again how to Be in this moment.

May you remember to pause today and just Be.  The power of life when you let yourself Be in the moment is why we try so hard to live.
       Denise