If the sun could doubt itself

it would go out in an instant.

~William Blake

in a Native American parable

the Creator gathers all the animals and says:

'I want to hide something from humans
until they are ready for it—the realization that they
create their own reality.'


'Give it to me. I'll fly it to the Moon,' says the Eagle.

'No, one day soon they will go there and find it.'


'How about the bottom of the ocean?' ask the salmon.

'No, they will find it there too.'


'Bury it in the great plains,' say the Buffalo.

'They will soon dig and find it there.'


'Put it inside them,' says the wise grandmother mole.

'Done,' says the Creator. 'It is the last place they
will look.'


(source unattributed)

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