SMALL GROUP

Every Monday (or in this case Tuesday), we get together as a intern group to do a variety of things for about two hours. The past few weeks, we have each told some of the stories that have shaped who each of us has become today. It's a great time for each of us to get know each other a little better, hang-out, pray and grow.

Braden decided to jump the gate instead of letting some one come down and unlock the gate at the apartment complex. The landlords weren't too pleased but after about 20 minutes of so everything seemed to be smoothed over and back to some level of normal-ness. Really, it was a rather tense moment. Lesson learned!!

I wanted to share something from the group that Dana (the internship director) gave each of us:

"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, and fabulous?"

"Actually, who are you 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 are all meant to shine, as children do. We are 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."

-Nelson Madela
Inaugural Speech, 1994

You know, there is so much that I can write and wrestle with over that comment but rather maybe you as the reader should take a few moments to reflect upon it and shine on ...