Ramblings for the week

This week, i purchased a 2nd hand D70. I am still trying to grasp the various functions of the camera. I fell sick on Monday and went to see a doctor on a Saturday. As usual, the polyclinic was filled with people on a Saturday morning. I managed to have some catch up time with friends on Friday night and Sunday. Luckily, the coming week will be a good respite from work, i hope.

I chanced upon the following meaningful poem when i was watching the movie "Akeelah and the Bee" on cable. I enjoyed the movie very much. It is about the journey of a black girl from a poor neighborhood who tried to make it to the national spelling bee compeition. Her coach told her to recite this poem, which was hung on the wall of his home.

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 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 everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marriane Williamson