Yesterday was the least productive day ever. I had all these wonderful intentions-- I was going to clean my room, and work out, and eat well, and end world hunger. Yeah. It was going to be a REALLY productive day.
Then I watched this movie, and I was so depressed afterward, I could hardly function. It was loosely based on this girl Sylvia Likens, and her care taker. This girl was like, 16? And the person taking care of allowed and encouraged a whole slew of children to abuse her. When they autopsied her body, she had over 100 burns on her body. They had heated up a sewing needle and tattooed “I’m a prostitute” into her stomach.
Which got me to thinking about all the disturbing news I’ve been hearing lately and how often people just sit back because we are afraid. I can’t actually end world hunger all by my lonesome, and I can’t alter the infrastructure of the whole world. But I can lead by example, I suppose. Maybe not the whole world, but, hey, gotta aim big.
And part of leading by example is being healthy, difficult as it may be.
I’m going to leave you with one of my favorite quotations. It’s by Marianne Williamson
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.
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