our presence automatically liberates others

 

Here’s my challenge for you:

It seems that throughout my life, I have never quite “fit”. I literally did NOT fit. I endured horrible teasing in my youth simply because I was taller than just about anyone in my school… even the boys! By the tender age of 13, I’d already passed 5’10″ which was only complicated by bad hair and a mouth full of braces. The boys wouldn’t even approach me much less ask me to dance and I’ll never forget accepting the kind offer to dance with my teacher Réplique Oakley pas cher, Mr. Baysinger, at the 6th grade graduation dance. Looking back, I realize how compassionate he was not to let me spend the entire evening as a terribly awkward wall flower!

“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 the placement of left and right ear, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

For myself, I finally decided that I simply would not fit anyone else’s mold and scratched easily, until I designed my own glass slipper (an 11 wide to be precise), I would perpetuate my own forsaken Cinderella drama. When you find yourself able to genuinely appreciate the only YOU there will ever be Vente en gros Lunettes de soleil Oakley, others will amaze you by doing the same! Then you can go still further to reveal yourself fully. Reverence means ‘something that’s entitled to respect’. That’s the definition of self-esteem. You can move beyond esteem to express your talents, truths and character; now seeing that you have created the experience of powerful recognition from those in your life by way of revealing your unedited self. And along the way, you’ll come to discover that Believing is Seeing!

You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other 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 everyone.

I struggled for decades with the loneliness that accompanied the sense that there might be something wrong with me. Yes, I had friends but at the same time, I felt different although I’d never admit that to anyone back then. I know how much courage it takes to reveal that you feel misunderstood. Do you feel misunderstood too? If so, you’d be surprised by how many others share your sentiment but who fail to express it was any real honesty. Being honest isn’t about making your self vulnerable, but about taking off the mask that says “I’m okay”.

Whether you’re a man or a woman, we’re all familiar with the story of Cinderella. And we all understand that the glass slipper remains a powerful metaphor for success; for having made it. I’m betting that you have your own idea of the kind of triumph you want most and of the magnificent experience of trying on true success and having it fit you in a positively perfect way. At the same time Vente en gros Oakley, I’m guessing that the glass-slipper experience you’ve dreamed of may have never materialized, leaving you on the outskirts of real success, leaving you feeling like an outsider. Well, if that describes your experience, then you should know that you’re hardly alone. In fact, you’d be amazed by just how much company you really have.

So, I want to invite you to have a relationship with yourself that’s truly truthful. It’s not about what you tell others. It’s about what you tell yourself and your soul. The point is not to make others like you or to secure their acknowledgment and approval. That’s neither desirable nor realistic. The point is that YOU will acknowledge you by honoring your self with the naked truth. And if you do that, imagine the time and energy you’ll have gained once you decide to stop trying to be likeable and stop saying “yes” to everyone. That will require you to like and say YES to yourself! And only when you’ve done that, will you learn how to accept and fully appreciate your unique gifts consistently and sincerely; and then you’ll experience what it feels like to genuinely fit. That means setting your own terms and meeting with your own approval… not your parents, spouse, boss or friends.

Until next time, I leave you with abundant peace.

Ask yourself “Who would I need to be to really appreciate and choose myself?” Start small, at the base camp, not the summit while remembering that the process is preferable to perfection. Choose one or two do-able steps to act as a trailhead for your journey. Then list what resources you might need to get to the next camp. Your list could include supportive friends and family, a time or other written commitment to yourself, etc. Think about what tools are at your disposal and how you can leverage them to achieve your goal.

By making the effort in earnest, you’ll learn to trust that what you need will come when you need it. That can be aided by keeping written affirmations and notes where you can see them daily. By putting your intention on paper, you then remind yourself to add action to your intention. With repetition and consistency, you will create transformation. Being flexible with yourself is also critical to your process. That being said, recognize that change encourages more change, more growth and new directions. Your life has more in store for you than you could possibly imagine!

We are told that dental retainers are devices made of wires or plastic which are worn to realign the teeth. While there are no official statistics regarding the actual percentage of orthodontic retainer wearers globally, experientially, most of us at one time or another know of someone who has worn them.And so we take a step back and consult the dictionary in search of a contextual meaning for “retainer” and Merriam-Webster obliges us with the following definition: a device or structure that holds something in place. And naturally, as an example it references dental retainers to illustrate its meaning.Thus we (referring to those of us who actually wear glasses) slowly start to see how retainers come into play in regards to eyeglasses. Eyeglass retainers hold the glasses in place. Which begs the question: in what way do eyeglasses have to be held in place?

In the wise words of author Marianne Williamson:

The answer is that with extended wear, eyeglasses tend to slip down our noses and the result is that many of us spend a large proportion of our day pushing up our falling eyeglasses. So much so that it isn’t uncommon to be pushing up one’s glasses at least once every two or three minutes The answer is that with extended wear, which easily works out to several hundred times per day if we subtract the sleeping hours.Now before we proceed, let us allow, that pertaining to falling eyeglasses, we use the term eyeglass to refer to not only prescription lenses with frames, but to mean all such frames and lenses whether common wear or sunglasses, prescription or otherwise.So pertaining to our first of three discussions: eyeglass retainers are devices which prevent eyeglasses from slipping down your nose.

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.”