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Do You Shine?
Okay boys
and girls, it’s time to get deep. I want you to think about something that’s
visible and yet intangible. I’m talking about your shine, or glow as it’s often
called.
We all know those folks who just shine. They don’t even
have to speak, but when they enter a room, you can feel their presence.
Shine has
nothing to do with wealth or level of education. It goes beyond race or
ethnicity. Shine is not diminished by age or weight; it simply is.
Today I want to ask you this; do you
shine?
Do you light
up a room with your smile and warmth? Does your presence cause children to
laugh and sing? Do dogs and cats seem to want to be near you---okay I don’t
know about that one but you get my drift.
Everyone should shine. We all have a
light; a spark of the Divine within us. We are a part of the cosmos and the
cosmos is a part of us.
You can’t compete
for it; it is not won as a prize. Desmond Tutu has it and so did Mother Teresa.
Before they are told what they can and cannot be, all children absolutely
shine.
When you
help someone in need and when you know you are enough, you shine.
Shine comes
from being the recipient of grace/charisma and it comes from love.
Shine
appears after the appreciation of a hard day’s work and it comes from a night
of reflection.
There are more ways to shine; go find
them and when you do, shine that light brightly that others will find their
way---to shine.
Be you, be well, be
shine.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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