Serenity Prayer

God, grant us the…………. Serenity to accept things we cannot change; courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference; patience for the things that take time; appreciation for all that we have; and tolerance for those with different struggles; freedom to live beyond the limitations of our past ways; the ability to feel your love for us and our love for each other and the strength to get up and try again even when we feel it is hopeless. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

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, 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 wont 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. Its not just in some of us, it is 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. — Marianne Williamson