{"id":70,"date":"2009-06-10T21:30:34","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T21:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/06\/wednesdays-blessing.html"},"modified":"2009-06-10T21:30:34","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T21:30:34","slug":"wednesdays-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/06\/wednesdays-blessing.html","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s Blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The excerpt below is taken from Marianne Williamson&#8217;s book, <i>A Return to Love<\/i>. It is one of the my favorite passages and I read it often as it serves as a constant reminder of what a blessing it is to just be alive and to have the opportunity to show up and express the light that is within us. I hope you enjoy it and remember&#8230;as each one of us more brightly shines, so the world shall be illuminated. <\/p>\n<p>Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.<br \/>\nOur deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.<br \/>\nIt is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.<br \/>\nWe ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,<br \/>\ngorgeous, talented, fabulous?<br \/>\nActually, who are you not to be?<br \/>\nYou are a child of God.<br \/>\nYour playing small does not serve the world.<br \/>\nThere is nothing enlightened about shrinking<br \/>\nso that other people won&#8217;t feel insecure around you.<br \/>\nWe are all meant to shine, as children do.<br \/>\nWe were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.<br \/>\nIt is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.<br \/>\nAnd as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously<br \/>\ngive other people permission to do the same.<br \/>\nAs we are liberated from our own fear,<br \/>\nour presence automatically liberates others.<\/p>\n<p>~ Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love<\/p>\n<p>Peace &amp; Blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The excerpt below is taken from Marianne Williamson&#8217;s book, A Return to Love. 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