Wandering Sage: November 2015

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

New Nephew, New Blessing

Yesterday, on the 2nd death anniversary of our mother's death, my sister in law gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. His name is Patrick Zuriel Nisperos Batausa. Morag combination sa Mama ug Papa ang bata. Tulo na amo pag-umangkon nga puros mga laki, mga barako boys buyag. God bless us all! ;)

Fresh Pick

A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson
(as quoted by Nelson Mandela in his inaugural speech, 1994)

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 frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are we not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

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 fears, our presence automatically liberates others.

--The Power of Focus, 2000, by Canfield, Hansen and Hewitt, p. 159