"It's so unfair...!" Being polite

[lph]

aww, thanks channlluv!

I know it's not as simple as "exercise fixes everything", and a lot of good health IS sheer luck of the genetics draw, but I'm still a little flabbergasted by people who steadfastly refuse to believe they can do anything AT ALL about their own situation. It's not like I'm some kind of insane superwoman - at the moment I have 47 people signed up for our winter bike commuting challenge, who have commuted by bike regularly throughout a wet and dark November. And for the most part love it!

To each their own when it comes to priorities, but her placid acceptance of how life "just is" and things "just happen" does bug me sometimes...

[channlluv]

Maybe she needs to read your tagline. Post it above your desk. Or that Marianne Williamson quote about how people are often afraid to live our very best life, but who are we not to be beautiful, talented, fabulous, being children of God? That's a great quote. Nelson Mandela used it in his Nobel acceptance speech.

“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.”

Found here: http://skdesigns.com/internet/articl..._deepest_fear/

Roxy

[lph]

"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. ”

Oh, that is beautiful. Thank you!

[OakLeaf]

Oh, that is beautiful. Thank you!

+1 - thank you for that, channlluv!

Now I have to figure out some place to put that quote where I'll see it every day.

[Tri Girl]

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Thank you, channlluv- that made me smile and feel really great inside.
You're wonderful!!!