What if yesterday I allowed fear to hold me back from placing my four original
poetry into Ms. Lisa Shaw’s bin outside of her office door? I may win this
contest, I may not. Only time will tell but I did take a risk. If I do not win
this contest I will take another and then another and then another. I will keep
getting my work out any way I know how. You cannot allow fear to hold you back.
One of my favorite quotes was presented to me by an old Disney movie Akeelah
and the Bee.
“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
The two first verse were present in the movie, and those two lines were
amazing. I loved the scene between Akeelah and her mentor, Dr. Larabee, it was
so inspirational to me, as was the entire story. I am thoroughly glad to have
seen that movie. Fear is what holds us back. Fear is what holds me back from
greatness. The fear to succeed, the fear to fail, the fear of life.
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