I purchased a book, Getting to Maybe by Westley, Zimmerman and Patton, that got my attention with a quote in the front of the book. The quote indicated that I NEED to read this wonderful book, which is all about engaging in change and transformation, and making the impossible happen personally, socially, community-wide, or world-wide.

The quote is from another book, A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, and it shook up my world of invisibility:

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?…Your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do…It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates other.

I am guilty of routinely shrinking away from my power, brilliance and fabulosity (yes, I made up that word!). I have this deep sense that I can make a significant contribution to the world. I won’t even have to try hard - I just need to do it, live it, and be it (”it” being my power, brilliance, and fabulosity). Stop resisting. Stop getting in my own way. Just embrace it and allow it. It’s so simple.

Yet, as I continue to grapple with my own recovery from invisibility, I struggle to claim my essence, my purpose, my life. What I am absolutely certain of is this: a deep level of satisfaction and fulfillment will emerge as I embrace WHO I AM and WHAT I AM ALL ABOUT, as I claim and live my power, brilliance, and fabulosity.

What will you do to claim your power? What will you do to claim your brilliance? What will you do to claim your fabulosity?

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• Getting to Maybe by Westley, Zimmerman, and Patton
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