Beachy Beach November Love Note
(Originally published November 17, 2015)
Dear Beautiful sweet BB's,
I find myself at a really weird spot!!!! I am very excited and somewhat frightened at the same time.... maybe frightened is not the word....maybe more like a feeling of inadequacy. I am to be the speaker for an event on Thursday and about 6 months ago I was quite energized and gave some really profound speeches in my head!!!! Now the time is near and I must practice what I preach!!! YIKES!!!
I have written page after page and changed and crossed out and rewritten and spoke aloud in my office with great enthusiasm( that part was not hard). But I find myself riddled with self doubt, Do I have anything to say? Will I say something that is of value to others????.... and then it hit me.
My whole life I dreamed of standing in front of people to tell them how wonderful they are. How filled with Greatness they are... How if you really want to make an impact on your world you have to go with wild abandon and leave fear behind. You have to look for the love and the spark in the lives of others and then your spark will become brighter too.
You have to find the goodness in those you meet, point out the things they do right, the things they are gifted at. In pointing out their gifts you find your gifts as well.
Perhaps I just tell them that life is meant to be lived with great enthusiasm so that others will want what YOU have. Maybe I tell them about the light that they carry inside that will be the very light that someone who is hurting may need one day.
Maybe I talk about how important it is to be kind to ALL of God's kids especially those that are not so kind. Maybe I talk about loving those that are not lovely and they become lovelier and we become lovelier in doing so.
Perhaps I tell them that there is something that each of them is put here to do and NO ONE and I mean no one can do it quite the way they do it. Do not miss what you are put here to do.... the world will be better and you will be better.
Maybe I just share the love that is in my heart and not worry about saying just the right things. I will concentrate on what I think may make life brighter and sweeter for those that are in the room and happiness will come to all of us in the brightest and truest form.... not because we seek to absorb it but rather radiate it.
Yes I think that is what I will do. In the meantime I will see you tomorrow and tell all of you how very wonderful you are and how grateful I am to spend my work and life with you.
with the greatest of gratitude and love,
Karen