full story

perfectly timed quotes are nice.
this one recently came to me by way of the end of the book; the end of an era. or i suppose just a segue to the next chapter.

"my point is that this is not the full story...
full stories are as rare as honesty, as precious as diamonds.
if you are lucky enough to uncover one,
a full story will sit on your brain like lead.
they are difficult.
they are long winded.
they are like stories God tells:
full oy impossibly particular information."

~Zadie Smith, White Teeth

fear

i'm sure i've posted this before, but it seems relevant yet again. so. a repost.

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 frighten 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 enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel unsure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. As we let our own light shine, we unconciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
- Marianne Williamson

goal for 2008: make it happen.

change

"You see, I know change,
I see change, I embody change.
All we do is change; yeah, I know change.

We are born to change.
We sometimes regard it as a metaphor
that reflects the way things ought to be.

In fact, change takes time.
It exceeds all expectations.
It requires both now, and then.

See although the players change,
the song remains the same.
And the truth is:
you gotta have the balls to change."

--Vinney Jones, Change