Wrap-up

My first year of grad school is coming to an end...although I can't see it just yet, since I still need to get through finals. At about 3:30 A.M. this morning, I reached the point of "Que Sera, Sera" so studying for voice disorders has been slow, but alrighty.

Yesterday, I went to the COMD banquet that honored the 2nd year grads and other special guests. One of the honored guests read a powerful poem -- in my perpetual state of anxiety & stress that causes me to be extremely sappy (& bipolar), I found this poem very inspirational:

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 and 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 unsure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to
manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's 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.

by Marianne Williamson
A Return to Love