Our Deepest Fear

Our Deepest Fear

"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, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?... Your playing small doesn't serve the world..."

by: Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love

I found this today on a friend's website - Tor White. A high-tech worker who found there was more to life than 80 hour weeks. Sounds familiar ...
http://home.earthlink.net/~quantum_brilliance/

A few weeks ago I was writing about self-sabotage and wanted to continue on that discussion. I started Ms.Money because it broke my heart to see so many people with financial lives and spending out of control. It was as if they were looking for a way to cause their own demise. I thought, if I could just teach people the fundamentals of financial health, that they could then put together a good financial plan and go on to thrive.

Boy was I wrong.

It isn't knowledge of financial planning that is preventing their money problems. Though they might blame it on that. It is a much deeper problem that people don't think they deserve greatness. It is one thing to educate people and entirely another to inspire and motivate them to make a change.

My husband wrote this in an instant message to me last week and it has stuck like glue in my brain. It is my most poignant quote this year.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
nor the most intelligent that survives.
It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
- Darwin

Let's all just take a moment to reflect on that. Most people resist change because it can be very scary with all its unpredictability. We might instinctively know that when a window closes a doorway opens but we fear the long dark hallways that get us to our goal. And secretly we are terrified we might never escape.

I try to embrace change and even invite it into my life, instead of resisting it (which brings even more trouble). Perhaps this is something you can do too. If you are being held back in some area of your life, whether financially or not, think about ways you can welcome change with open arms and begin a new pattern to prosperity and healthy living.