This quote has always resonated with me. Life in motion!
"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 are we to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are we not to be?
You playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so other people won't feel insecure around you...
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 others!"
From Nelson Mandella's '94 Inaugural Address
I am Korean, Blackfoot, Black & Irish and I embody many of the good and the not so good cultural characteristics. For example, I'm a fan of a cocktail but I am allergic to red wine. I am family and community oriented but have been known to get into an argument with myself. I'm an athlete but I'm 5'2". I am a walking dichotomy.
I firmly believe in and seek the beauty in people and I am still, at this age, surprised and horrified when people choose to be ugly. People show you who they are, when they do believe them. You are the gold standard for how people are to treat you. I surround myself with people I respect, admire and who make me laugh. I am a true fan of my friends.
After an incredibly challenging year this is what I've come up with... life will always be filled with challenges.
"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." Souza
Thank you to all the new and the not so new, amazing and sensational people who are in this with me!
