Today's RE-Fuel

Yes, it has been a little while since my last post.  The reason is I hit a stumbling block.  It was a mental block that I let myself fall into when someone close to me criticized my character.  I struggled for a couple weeks with this because I let it affect me.  There are times when I forget that only I have the ability to build the life I want.

That brings up a question that I ask myself constantly.  Can you ever suffer enough failure or rejection to prevent you from succeeding or being happy?  The answer, without a doubt in my mind, is NO.  Success is, and always has been, simply defined as getting up just one more time than you are knocked down.  Leaders throughout history have succeeded despite failure and ridicule because they didn't let someone else point a finger and cast doubt upon them.

Despite all of your past poor choices, all of your failures, all of those times when you doubt your purpose, and all those times when you question whether you have the right to create the life you want, it is always up to you.  No one can take away your right to be happy unless you let them. 

I've heard portions of the quote below and I wondered what it really meant.  Does fear keep us from succeeding?  It does if we are afraid to take the risk.  It does if we are afraid to step outside the box that others want to put us in.  Look at this quote, break it down line by line and come to terms with the FACT that your potential in this lifetime is immeasurable.  You are always worthy of success and happiness!!!

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that 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 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.