New Year's Resolution for a Lifetime

This was my New Year's Resolution note-to-self from 2009...
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"Our deppest 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 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.”
- Nelson Mandela


How many times have you witnessed somebody hating so hard on the fact that you’re on top of what you need to be doing and you’re doing it well?

How many times have you shied away from a task because people think you’re doing it with ulterior motives?

How many times have you secretly praised God out of fear that someone might look at you funny?

It’s easy to put people down. It’s easy to be jealous. It’s easy to talk bad about somebody to make up for your own insecurities.

What’s hard is swallowing the fact that nobody is perfect but everyone has something unique to contribute to the world. Everyone has something to offer. Everyone has a God-given talent. It’s your job to develop yours and use it in the way that God intended.

What’s hard is doing just that. Ignoring the jealousy. Ignoring the smirks, snide remarks, and underestimation. It’s hard to remember that when all you see is negativity, what you don’t see is God’s strength that is getting you through it all.

You only live once. Don’t hold back. Go after what God wants you to have.