{"id":1375,"date":"2011-08-04T12:17:27","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T16:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2011-08-04T12:20:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T16:20:02","slug":"shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2011\/08\/shine.html","title":{"rendered":"Shine!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1376\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2011\/08\/Shine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1376\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2011\/08\/Shine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">\u201cOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">We ask ourselves,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Your playing small does not serve the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won&#8217;t feel insecure around you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">We are all meant to shine, as children do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">It&#8217;s not just in some of us; it&#8217;s in everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">And as we let our own light shine,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">As we are liberated from our own fear, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Our presence automatically liberates others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Marianne Williamson<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">smiles,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The Mega Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. 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