Good Morning! I hope you are all having a wonderful Monday :)
So
I saw "Seeds Of Resiliency" last night. It was moving - sad and happy;
devastating and hopeful all at the same time. This movie wonderfully
exhibits how powerful our spirit, our hope, and our perception can be.
Although
the movie left me feeling extremely hopeful and powerful it also left
me feeling overwhelmed. For a moment I was a bit consumed with thoughts
of those who can't be resilient, those who are swallowed up by
despair. I thought about the perpetrators, those who thrive on the
suffering of others or those who are not able to even recognize the
suffering of others because they are blinded by their own selfish ways.
How can there be such a dichotomy?
Then it hit me
early this morning - Both have to exist. Great resiliency can only come
out of great hardship. That is the the definition. Inherent within
resiliency is adversity. It is not easy to beat off great pain and
suffering. They don't fight fair. Pain and suffering are sneaky and
manipulative.
BUT there will be many who who will beat them off and make their way to resiliency. It is their presence and example that will give others unconscious permission to do the same. They will remind us that it is in all of us...
"Our
greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our greatest 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,
talented, 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 were born to make manifest the glory of God that is
within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. 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." Marianne Williamson
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