Starting Over

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.”

~ Robyn Davidson

These words were written by a woman who learned to handle camels and traveled alone with them across the Australian Outback. Somehow the intensity of the circumstances under which she gathered these learnings makes them even more profound. What if each of us believed that we are “as powerful and strong” as we allow ourselves to be? What if we quit trying to be accepted by everyone and gave up trying not to alienate anyone and just let ourselves be as strong and powerful as we are?  Nothing extraordinary, mind you, just as wonderfully powerful as we naturally are.

And, what if we let ourself take that first step towards what you really want? Nothing big…no fanfares…just do it!

REMEMBER today really is the first day of the rest of your life.

From “Meditations For Women Who Do Too Much” by Anne Wilson Schaef

During my show with the amazing Dr. Jeffrey Gurian he read this very powerful poem about fear and I want to post it.

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 is 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.

From: A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles by Marianne Williamson (Harper Collins, 1992) (from Chapter 7, Section 3)

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” - Amelia Earhart

“Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty… Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find those words.”

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

“To have that sense of one’s intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect, is potentially to have everything”

~Joan Didion

How wonderful this world would be if every woman realized her worth. I think it is a tragedy that so many women don’t know what a wonderful gift they are to this world.

How would realizing your worth change your life?

Give yourself credit for the amazing person that you are!! By acknowledging your worth, you will unlock a whole new world. ~ Tonya

” One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove; But the world may be a little better, because I was important in the life of a child.”

~ Forest E. Witcraft

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.  If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”

~ Oprah Winfrey

“Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow.”

~Dorothy Thompson

“When you are at ease with yourself, you are able to utilize all your gifts and fulfill your purpose in life. You are able to give to others unselfishly and receive from them, knowing you are worthy”

~ Oprah Winfrey