By Marianne Williamson
“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 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.”
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Two Glasses of Wine
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the pickle jar and the 2 glasses of wine theory...
A professor stood before his class with some items on his desk in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty pickle jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous 'YES.'
The professor then produced two glasses of wine from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things; your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions; things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else; the small stuff.
If you put the sand into the jar first, he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the good things that are important to you.
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18 holes. Take one more run down the ski slope. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first; the things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the wine represented.
The professor smiled. 'I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of glasses of wine.'
A professor stood before his class with some items on his desk in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty pickle jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous 'YES.'
The professor then produced two glasses of wine from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things; your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions; things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else; the small stuff.
If you put the sand into the jar first, he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the good things that are important to you.
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18 holes. Take one more run down the ski slope. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first; the things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the wine represented.
The professor smiled. 'I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of glasses of wine.'
Friday, January 22, 2010
Love Life
Live the life you love, love the life you live! There is not better time or better place then here and now to live your life.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
A Proper Teacher
The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, by Dan Millman
Whether you have a proper teacher or not depends upon what you want to learn. The world is a school. Life is the only real teacher. It offers many experiences, and if experience alone brought wisdom and fulfillment, then elderly people would all be happy, enlightened masters.
Whether you have a proper teacher or not depends upon what you want to learn. The world is a school. Life is the only real teacher. It offers many experiences, and if experience alone brought wisdom and fulfillment, then elderly people would all be happy, enlightened masters.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2010...
A while back I started noticing that an odd word started showing up everywhere, in would come up in the movies I was watching, the books I was reading, and even the Tarot card reader used it to describe me. I had to figure out what the heck was up with this word! The word was “Chaos”! When people say “chaos” it usually does not come with a very pleasant connotation, so it is easy to say it had me a little worried.
I grabbed the trusty Webster’s Dictionary to find out the actual definition for “chaos”. Chaos is the “confused unorganized state existing before the creation of distinct forms, or the inherent unpredictability in the behavior of a complex natural system such as the beating heart”. I found it interesting that to most people “chaos” means that everything is falling apart and that some things don’t have purpose! In reality “chaos” is a word to describe the puzzle pieces before they become the finished product. Take the example of the beating heart. You have the heart, but it can’t beat on its own! You have arteries and veins, blood, the lungs, oxygen, the brain, and nerves, and tons of other little factors that are what would be considered “chaos”. They are all just pieces of a puzzle, but once they are all put together to assist the heart- the heart can then and only then beat.
Think about this in your own life… what are some of your puzzle pieces? Pieces that seemed like they made no sense on their own, but lead to something great. This could be anything from landing an awesome job, getting married and or divorced, having a baby or picking your college major. All the struggles, barriers, coincidences, and the many times you changed your mind about a decision, that lead you to that “something great” is… CHAOS! I think it’s good to have a little chaos now and then. All the greatness that occurred from my life’s chaos has been wonderfully life changing.
Happy New Year, bring on the chaos!
I grabbed the trusty Webster’s Dictionary to find out the actual definition for “chaos”. Chaos is the “confused unorganized state existing before the creation of distinct forms, or the inherent unpredictability in the behavior of a complex natural system such as the beating heart”. I found it interesting that to most people “chaos” means that everything is falling apart and that some things don’t have purpose! In reality “chaos” is a word to describe the puzzle pieces before they become the finished product. Take the example of the beating heart. You have the heart, but it can’t beat on its own! You have arteries and veins, blood, the lungs, oxygen, the brain, and nerves, and tons of other little factors that are what would be considered “chaos”. They are all just pieces of a puzzle, but once they are all put together to assist the heart- the heart can then and only then beat.
Think about this in your own life… what are some of your puzzle pieces? Pieces that seemed like they made no sense on their own, but lead to something great. This could be anything from landing an awesome job, getting married and or divorced, having a baby or picking your college major. All the struggles, barriers, coincidences, and the many times you changed your mind about a decision, that lead you to that “something great” is… CHAOS! I think it’s good to have a little chaos now and then. All the greatness that occurred from my life’s chaos has been wonderfully life changing.
Happy New Year, bring on the chaos!
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