What if you could do anything you wanted??

The real question goes something like this...what if you were so in touch with your deepest hopes and dreams that you could make the thing you want most in life -- poof -- just happen. And what stands between you and the -- poof -- just happening? Yesterday I was sitting with a brilliant teacher (jeffrey rubin) and some women who were there to learn from Jeffrey and to tap into some new ways of being. It struck me over and over as people spoke, that the most giant obstacle we as women share-- the obstacle that stands between us and everything we want in our lives (for the most part) -- is FEAR. And...the funny thing about FEAR is that it's mostly a made up group of images and thoughts based on something from somewhere that may or may not exist anymore. (get that convoluted sentence??). Check out this quote from one of Nelson Mandela's most famous speeches... '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's 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're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."