Oct 05, 2007 10:34
So, i've made a decision - i'm not posting about my weight anymore. it is not a good "focus" for me. i am a very happy person and i refuse to define myself by a number - be it weight, clothes size, race results, age, etc. i am a beautiful, strong, powerful woman with lots of attributes.
When the Japanese mend broken objects they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold, because they believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. -- Barbara Bloom
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 frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' 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 people won't feel insecure around you. 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 all of us. And when 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 -- Used by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural speech