September.
If you’re a Mom (like me), or a biz owner (like me), or a wife of a biz owner (uh, like me…again), this month inspires a shift, internally and externally. Like January, there’s a sort of “time to get down to business!” battle cry from the core of my being – a big check list of to-do’s to handle. For example, since I have to pack lunches now, I can’t put off grocery shopping and continue to present Goldfish, a cheesestick, and an apple as an acceptable meal. (Mostly because I don’t want my 2nd grader’s teacher to report me the Bad Mommy police.)
Brushing the sands of the summer beaches off my legs and strategy notebooks, I become much more aware of the clock and the calendar. A vague sense of upcoming workshops, traveling plans, and holiday events creeps into my consciousness. I know the wistful starry nights are getting shorter and colder, and soon leaves will do their cameleon-like color show and then fall gracefully to the ground, begging to be raked and thrown over the edge of our lawn toward the neighbor’s yard, ha ha.
And as I settle into this new phase of the year, checking in on where we are in our business, with our revenue projections, with this ever-fluctuating economy, with client projects, and in our development of products and services designed to help solo professionals, other “imperfect-preneurs” and determined business owners, key members of mission-driven organizations, and global brands reach their Ideal Audiences with powerful social marketing and success strategies, I can’t get the below quote out of my head. It keeps popping into my brain, demanding attention, reminding me to STAY THE COURSE, THINK BIGGER, NEVER GIVE UP, and BELIEVE in what’s possible for those of us with a message, mission, and vision bolder than most are willing to embrace or admit.
So I figured, HECK, I better share this amazing quote by Marianne Williamson, the one that keeps coming at me like a yowling pre-schooler demanding attention, on our blog. At least then, when it bolts into my brain to announce itself, I can say, “Hey- I heard ya. I shared it on my company’s instant publishing platform. If it needs to get to someone else’s brain via me, I’ve done what I can to help!”
So, here it is, from me to you:
“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.”
by Marianne Williamson, author, speaker, spiritual teacher
from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
Please, by all means, if YOU’RE one of the people who was supposed to read the above quote, or this blog post, let me know in the comment field, and/or by all means re-tweet it. Not only will you make my day, but I’ll be able to justify the crazy voices for next time. Thanks! 
(Getting this message to you, if it’s the thing you need to hear at the time you need to hear it, makes me feel POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE, too. And that’s the dang point, ain’t it? Defeating that pesky fear of inadequacy in order to make a positive impact in the lives of others!)
