NO MORE PLAYING SMALL

I was talking on the phone to a woman about a business matter. I didn’t know her but I was impressed by her work. When the conversation ended, I reflected on how many times I had been apologetic about who I was and what I was doing. There was no need for that!

Marianne Williamson’s words came to mind: “Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.”

When I was very young, I would intentionally ‘play small.’ I knew I was blessed in some ways, and I didn’t want others to feel badly by comparison. Very quickly, my well-intentioned but misguided impulse to protect others went underground: My pretense at playing small became my truth. Now, I have to consciously, diligently relearn to let my light shine.

~ Patrice

-- Janis Joplin