So yesterday and today we had our Stake conference . I just wanted to share that one of the most personally meaningful talks I heard was about fear. Sometimes, I just choose to be a chicken, and not confront my fears. Sometimes I get tired of being "brave and want to back off confronting them after I have started. I liked this talk a lot. I tried to capture what the member of our stake presidency said exactly, but all I can give you is the gist of what he said, and that was that our fears are generally generated by our own misconceptions of our inadequacy. In terms of fears such as public speaking, or our ability to live the gospel, this is absolutely true in my opinion.
The Stake RS President also talked about how the savior never gives us an invitation that he doesn't have a way for us to fulfill, and that no man is an island, we need eachother.
The member of the stake presidency read one of my favorite quotes from Maryanne Williamson and I think it connects those two Ideas:
“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.”
The Stake RS President also talked about how the savior never gives us an invitation that he doesn't have a way for us to fulfill, and that no man is an island, we need eachother.
The member of the stake presidency read one of my favorite quotes from Maryanne Williamson and I think it connects those two Ideas:
“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.”
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