Sunday, August 1, 2010

Camp Season


Ah...Summer has finally arrived in lovely BC. It's hot and sunny...and every Summer, we all start to think about being outdoors and camp season. However camp season for me means something a little different. As some of you know, that I used to work for a personal development company for almost 5 years. Every season, they have 4-5 day camps outside. These camps were truly amazing, it was like going to Summer camp when you were a kid, but with many life changing kick ass lessons along the way. I've personally taken many of these camps and they have changed my life. So its very exciting when I think of all of the new participants every season that are beginning their journey.

Some people say, "well why do you have to take a course to learn something or to personally grow" and I think it's like anything in life. You don't have to "do" anything, you don't have to choose to learn, grow or understand. life is all about personal choices and even learning or not learning is a personal choice. We are always given oppurtunities to learn from every situation whether in the moment we percieve it as a good or bad situation. I try to live my life with this philosophy, and see the lessons that are presented to me. But was we all know if you don't get the lesson, guess what...you'll have to take it over again just like in school, you get Summer School, so I guess in a way that is what camps are all about, a reminder of the lessons you may have forgotten in life. For those of us that have been fortunate enough to have taken the camps, I wish you all the best in your lives. To keep yourself challenged, stay within your integrity and have honour within yourselves and your spoken word. For those that have no idea what I'm talking about, it's okay...you'll get also get your lessons somewhere in life. Because that is the the real beauty in living, its all about learning and getting back to who we really are but forgot long ago.

Our Deepest 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 and fabulous?
Actually who are we not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't 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 when 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.

- Marianne Williamson