Light

During a friend's wedding last year, the following quote by 'Marianne Williamson' (A Return to Love) was read out in the church. It was beautiful, inspiring and refreshing and resonated with me a long time after the ceremony.

'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'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.'


The Light That We Are


Our light shines forth,
As a candle's flame within the sun.
So beautiful, pure and earnest,
But unable to experience itself
Surrounded by other, such brightness.
We seperated ourself from the sum;
And became the part.
Consequently, we forgot who we were,
And everyday is an opportunity
To remember, experience and know our self.
That beautiful, bright light from afar.
Contributing to the greatest love of all.
The love that we are all,
born into and out of.


Lily Basnet