You Have Become a Forest

One day when you wake up, 

you will find that you have become a forest. 

You have grown roots 

and found strength in them 

that no one thought you had. 

You have become stronger and more beautiful, 

full of life-giving qualities. 

You have learned to take all the negativity around you 

and turn it into oxygen for easy breathing. 

A host of wild creatures live inside you 

and you call them stories. 

A variety of beautiful birds rest inside your mind 

and you call them memories. 

You have become an incredible self-sustaining thing of epic proportions. 

And you should be so proud of yourself, 

of how far you have come 

from the seeds of who you used to be.

- Nikita Gill, You Have Become a Forest

10 Honest Thoughts on Being Loved by a Skinny Boy

(warning - language)

Our Greatest Fear..."

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.

-Maryanne Willamson