MAY YOU ALWAYS FEEL LOVED

MAY YOU ALWAYS FEEL LOVED

May you find serenity and tranquility in a world you may not always
understand.

May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give
you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with
optimism and courage.

Always know that there are those whose love and understanding will
always be there, even when you feel most alone.

May you discover enough goodness in others to believe in a world of
peace.

May a kind word, a reassuring touch, a warm smile be yours every day of
your life, and may you give these gifts as well as receive them.

Remember the sunshine when the storm seems unending.

Teach love to those who know hate, and let that love embrace you as you
go into the world.

May the teaching of those you admire become part of you, so that you may
call upon them.

Remember, those whose lives you have touched and who have touched yours
are always a part of you, even if the encounters were less than you
would have wished.

May you not become too concerned with material matters, but instead
place immeasurable value on the goodness in your heart.

Find time in each day to see the beauty and love in the world around
you.

Realize that each person has limitless abilities, but each of us is
different in our own way.

What you may feel you lack in one regard may be more than compensated
for in another.

What you feel you lack in the present may become one of your strengths
in the future.

May you see your future as one filled with promise and possibility.

Learn to view everything as a worthwhile experience.

May you find enough inner strength to determine your own worth by
yourself, and not be dependent on an other’s judgments of your
accomplishments.

May you always feel loved.

– Author Unknown

No Excuses

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MountainWings       A MountainWings Moment
#1281          Wings Over The Mountains of Life
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No Excuses
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The next time you feel like being bitter, resentful and angry –
- even if the circumstances justify these emotions —
consider the inspiring words of a man who, after 27 years of
imprisonment by his government, had every right to be bitter,
resentful and angry:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented and fabulous?’

Actually, who are you NOT to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that
other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We are 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.”

These are words of Nelson Mandela, who gave this inaugural
speech in 1994, after being elected President of South Africa.

He became the leader of the government that had for so long
sought to take away his voice.

This man had every right to be bitter, resentful and angry at
the world.

How dare he inspire us to greatness?  Shouldn’t he have instead
approved our sloth?

After all, is anyone really appreciated for what he does,
regardless of the extent of the sacrifice?

Nelson Mandela confirms that you are expected to be great.

Nothing less.

You can even be more than great if you decide to ignore the
non-existent limitations that everyone else can see.

What kind of glasses are they wearing?

I know I’m gorgeous, brilliant and talented.
Simply put, I am fabulous.

What about you?

~A MountainWings Original By C. Elijah Bronner
(With credit to Nelson Mandela)~

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