somethnspecial68 fear creates a controlled state of being... love creats an expanded one - May 22, 2011 add/view comments (0)

This is the commencement speech by the writer, Anna Quindlen, to the graduates at Villanova in 2006... "It's a great honor for me to be the third member of my family to receive an honorary doctorate from this great university. It's an honor to follow my great Uncle Jim, who was a gifted physician, and my Uncle Jack, who is a remarkable businessman. Both of them could have told you something important about their professions, about medicine or commerce. I have no specialized field of... (continue reading)

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, and fabulous?

Actually, who are we NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing 'small' doesnt 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... (continue reading)