Namaste

I was thinking of this saying by Marianne Williamson this morning as I did yoga for 2 hours with about 100 other people. All inhaling and exhaling enlivened oxygen while poring out a great dripping cleansing sweat in the name of health and hope. You end up losing thoughts of yourself and concerns of your world in favor of thoughts of everyone and everything. The common good. The greater good. It's wonderfully distracting and leaves you feeling empowered. Grateful, conscious, and full of hope.

Our Deepest Fear - 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 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 fear, our presence automatically liberates others."