Expectation is the root of all heartache and how I finally faced My Deepest Fear
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
My Breakthrough Moment came by way of a Google Hangout!
I finally came face to face with My Deepest Fear
Today, I had the MOST AWESOME COLLEGE REUNION EVER! I met, on a Google Hangout with two women who have to been dear in my heart since our days at Wellesley College. And – today – I now realize that the expectations that I held for myself, based on my history, the access I’ve had, and what I BELIEVED SHOULD BE so for me, has been holding me back from my own possibility. Today, I learned a DEEPER CUT of the meaning of Marianne Williamson’s (by now) very well-known poem shared by World Leader and former President of South Africa, Madiba Nelson Mandela:
Our Deepest Fear
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, handsome, talented and 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 within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
I made an effort in this video to try to convey the quality of the Breakthrough that I had as a result of this Hangout today. Maybe you’ll get something from my experiences. Maybe you will come to know that you can make a LIE of the assertion that Expectation is the root of all heartache! Maybe you can, for the good of yourself, your family and your community, face your own Deepest Fear.
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Blessings!
Shakira
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