"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond imagination. It is our light more than our darkness which scares us. We ask ourselves – who are we to be brilliant, beautiful, talented, and fabulous. But honestly, who are you to not be so?
You are a child of God, small games do not work in this world. For those around us to feel peace, it is not example to make ourselves small. We were born to express the glory of god that lives in us. It is not in some of us, it is in all of us. While we allow our light to shine, we unconsciously give permission for others to do the same. When we liberate ourselves from our own fears, simply our presence may liberate others."
- Marianne Williamson in Return to Love: Reflections on a Course in Miracles
I think courage is a state of the mind.
Courage is not related to the amount of wealth directly. I have seen richer people who are very fearful of losing their materialistic lifestyle. They are afraid.
Courage-wise I think it's easier to start doing what you love when you're totally broke and even in debt because you probably don't have much to lose anyway.
This is exactly what I recently discovered about myself.
Lately work has become stressful for me. I thought it's just because I no longer enjoyed the work, but it's because I worry if I get more successful and responsible, I'll stand out more and I'm afraid to be perceived as "more important" than other people.
I realized I'm actively fighting success.
Isn't that a strange thought?
