Inspiring-to-Greatness quote by Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson

Someone used this quote in a speech I heard today and I loved it!

"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's 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're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." (A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles", Harper Collins, 1992. From Chapter 7, Section 3)

Why?

Why am I writing this blog?

1. Share the gospel.  
1. I believe in God.  I hope through this blog to show how He influences my life in hopes that it may help others recognize His hand in their lives as well.  
2. Grow personally.  
1. Similarly to a journal, I hope that by putting my thoughts down on 'electronic' paper, it will facilitate my own spiritual growth.
2. Putting thoughts down in words can bring clarity to a subject.  If I blog about significant events and decisions, it will clarify the direction of my life.  "The unexamined life is not worth living." (Socrates [via Plato, Apology 38a)])
3. If I document life's learnings, perhaps I will better remember them and not need repeat whippings.  
3. Benefit the world.
1. I hope to better the world in some small way through my life's efforts.  If I capture my thoughts here they will be made available to future generations and available to others currently living.  Even if nobody else ever sees this blog, by electronically capturing thoughts I have along the pathway of life, they will be more easily retrievable by me later in life when I have better figured out what I am doing.  
2. The world includes my posterity.  If I can capture some of my life's learnings in this blog, it will hopefully help my posterity avoid some of the pitfalls that have beset me.  
4. Draw closer together as a family.
1. By sharing this blog with family members, I hope it draws us closer together.
5. Enable people to get to know/trust me.
1. The farther I get in life, the more I understand the importance of personal relationships. If I can capture the thoughts and desires of my heart in this blog, it will enable others to get to know me, to an extent, and thereby come to trust me.  Hopefully this will facilitate relationships.