Blessing the Lives of Others

"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 frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are we 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 light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others." Source: A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson, as quoted by Nelson Mandela in his inaugural speech, 1994

I placed this quote on my sidewall because I want to remember the amazing ability I have to bless the lives of others. As I wrote my post on marriage and got such great feedback I realized that I have been blessed with a gift for expressing myself. It's such an amazing blessing after years of feeling like the annoying girl who can't seem to shut up. I have always felt the need to share my thoughts and feelings with others and I know that when I was young (age 7-12) the girls I lived by looked down on me because of it. They didn't understand that while it may have been annoying prittle prattle then I was growing into a woman of power and insight that I feel I can become now.

I hope I can share my thoughts clearly since there is a lot in my head on this subject. When I was younger all I wanted to be was a mother who stayed at home and raised her children just like my mom did. I don't say "all" to belittle the task. It is the most important job in the world and I am so thankful I have been allowed to live that part of my dream. However, as I got older I started to dream a little bigger. My deep mostly unknown secret is that as a teenager I went to a youth conference and listened to a husband and wife who were excellent speakers. After that I went home and told my mom I wanted to be a motivational speaker. She in essence told me I have to do something first before I could do that. You know something important. In my mind she was telling me yeah right.

Lately I watch the inspiration of Biggest Loser and I see how inspiring I can be to others in my weight loss goals and I want more. I want to do anything to inspire the world. I want to inspire my children and have them want to do more to inspire others. I have so many ideas on how to do these things and I have no idea where to start. Some of my ideas are; running a preschool out of my home, becoming a family therapist, writing books, becoming a teacher. I just feel like I've been blessed with so much knowledge and insight that I want to share it with the world. I want others lives to be blessed because of mine.

To be honest I think that this is what the world needs these days, powerful women blessing the lives of others through Christian values. In Relief Society General conference Sister Beck said, "We rejoice in the knowledge that you are going about doing good, as the Savior did. You are doing a magnificent work. Yet we feel impressed to say that there is more to be done." "We have a vital role to play in helping build the kingdom of God and preparing for the Lord’s coming. In fact, the Lord cannot accomplish His work without the help of His daughters. Because of that, the Lord expects us to increase our offering. He expects us to fulfill the purpose of Relief Society as never before."

I would like to do more. I would like to increase my offering. It is my prayer that the Lord will bless me in my efforts and that he will guide my footsteps. I know that if He will do this and I will follow Him my dreams to share my knowledge and my testimony will be realized beyond what I can imagine. Perhaps it is that desire that keeps me from making my blog private. Right now it is the only outlet I have to bless the world with my words and perhaps someone will stumble upon my words at a time when they will really need them. I pray that the Lord's will be done and He shapes me into the daughter He wants me to become.