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I Am Enough

"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." ~ Marianne Williamson


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Remove the Nots

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Happy Anniversary Iris

For my friend Iris on her 52nd wedding anniversary:

Blessing for a Marriage


by James Dillet Freeman

May your marriage bring you all the exquisite
excitement marriage should bring,
and may life grant you also patience,
tolerance, and understanding.

May you always need one another -
not so much to fill your emptiness
as to help you to know your fullness.
A mountain needs a valley to be complete;
the valley does not make
the mountain less, but more;
and the valley is more a valley because
it has a mountain towering over it.

May you need one another, but not out of weakness.
May you want one another, but not out of lack.
May you entice one another, but not compel one another.
May you embrace one another, but not out encircle one another.
May you succeed in all important ways with one another,
and not fail in the little graces.
May you look for things to praise, often say, "I love you!"
and take no notice of small faults.

If you have quarrels that push you apart,
may both of you hope to have
good sense enough to take the first step back.

May you enter into the mystery which is
the awareness of one another's
presence - no more physical than spiritual,
warm and near when you are
side by side, and warm and near when
you are in separate rooms
or even distant cities.

May you have happiness,
and may you find it making one another happy.
May you have love, and may you find it loving one another.
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4 comments:

  1. CindyJune 22, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    Ooh, I like that. Hope you are well.
    Cindy

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  2. Boo-Bah AKA IrisJune 26, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    Hi Paulissa,
    I just now found where you wished me a Happy Anniversary. Thank you so much. I haven't been on the computer much this week as my daughter had surgery on Monday and came home yesterday. I have been helping her with food and shopping. She is recovering nicely though.
    Thanks again for the beautiful writing and for you taking the time to remember that it was my wedding anniversary.

    Iris

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  3. Boo-Bah AKA IrisJune 26, 2009 at 5:21 PM

    Oh dear, now you have two thank yous from me. I didn't realize my post won't go up till approval. sorry about that.

    Iris

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  4. Paulissa Kipp Visual ArtsJune 27, 2009 at 4:37 PM

    No problem Iris. I put comments on moderation for a little while until the unmentionable decides to give up on flooding me with spam and comments that others would find upsetting.

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