DAY 50
19th February, 2014
Oblivion
Slide into my skin
give me your breath
that you’ve held back so long
you’re not my kind
cease to exist
give up your blood
and sink into my world
i’ll take your frightened heart
let your soul seep with mine
I’ll shelter your fear
and start the fire
warm you
love you
bury you
take your gift
that you offer up to me so readily
slide into my skin
let me be brave for you
let me add your life
to the legion of
the suffering
the pained
the ones who choose to hold onto darkness
and sink
into oblivion
you are not my kind.
Carol Espinoza, 19th February, 2014
“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 does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. 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 are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”