Meant to Shine

“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

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Day 20: A Song that You Listen to when You're Angry

Arr!

Because today's theme is a song that I listen to when I'm angry, today's post [from now on] will be written in my best pirate interpretation [because pirates are perpetually angry. [Also because I found a pirate translator online.]].  So angry song of the day is...

"U+Ur Hand" by Pink [or P!nk, I'm honestly not sure how she prefers it...]. In general, Pink is excellent angry music, especially when one is pissed about men [or stupid girls for that matter]. She's also a favorite when I'm not even mad, but want to sing/scream really loud. [This sort of spectacle usually occurs in my car with the doors tightly sealed. Fun fact: I have hand drummed on my steering wheel hard enough to make my radio skip. What can I say? I go hard.] Oops. Forgot about the pirate thing... Arrg, whar's me booty?!

I haven't decided how I feel about Pink as a person yet. Watching her E! True Hollywood Story [Yes, I actually sat through that.] you'd think she's kind of a selfish wench. But she also seems to be a genuine and talented person [I suppose it is possible that she's both genuine and talented while still being a selfish wench. Maybe she is genuinely a talented, selfish wench. Or perhaps a wenchingly selfish, genuine talent.] But I thoroughly enjoyed her interview with Brad Pitt and the rest of Ocean's 11, it made me like both of them a lot more. [I'll leave you to make your own assessment of Pink's moral character: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnA30dPAMWM]

[I have returned from my 20 minute Pink YouTube binge to finish this blog.] The cool thing about Pink is that she could be a normal person. If she was lacking her golden pipes and was plopped down in a mall in the middle of the Midwest, she'd be written off as one of those posers who hang around the mall [You know the ones]. You could hang out with Pink, be Pink's neighbor. [Now Brad Pitt on the other hand, could not be plopped anywhere without getting a few looks.] I like the celebrities who maintain a sense of humanity rather than stardom. She seems pretty cool to me.

So here's to jam sessions alone in the car, E! Hollywood specials, and celebrities who are still people.

[Oops... I have entirely abandoned the pirate theme.... guess I'd make a poor pirate. Bummer.]
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