Saturday, October 02, 2010

Akeelah and the Bee

I just finished watching this movie since it came up in my Netflix queue. The thing that caught my attention the most (besides making me want to watch the annual Scripps Spelling Bee) was this quote 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."

Gives you a lot to think about, especially from a movie about a spelling bee.

1 comment:

Dana in Georgia said...

Love the new background ~