Personal Reflections On Being the Strong, Loving, Courageous One We Most Truly Are

It is very important to add to the quote below by Suzy Kassem that we are the ones we have been waiting for. We are the ones who need to seek the leader within ourselves. 

Yes, there are those who will read these words and think, "of course," and others who will say "no way do I have a leader in me." Yet, it is my belief that each of us has within ourselves a leader, a teacher, a healer, a wise and conscious aspect of our larger Selves. This, to me, is simply an invitation to seek, to explore, to befriend, to strengthen the Sacred within that is our essence, that is the core of our being. 

Just imagine if each of us who saw this, or anything like it, spread the word - "Hey, what do you most care about? What touches your heart? Is there a part you play, or might play, in acting on what is needed -- needed within you, within your family, within your workplace or community, or within our nation or beyond?" Just imagine if each of us asked ourselves these questions and sat with the answers today and over time and let the answers reveal themselves. And then we spoke of what is emerging for us with one another. Just imagine...

This is the other side of shadow work: bringing out our "inner leader" -- our strengths, our gifts, our purpose, our ways of contributing healing and peace, courage and kindness, and consciousness and love to the world. How do we nourish that? How do we recognize and nourish and strengthen our inner bridge builder, peacemaker, truth-teller, and lover of this beautiful world we share and all her beings?

Just imagine....

Tag, we are all it! ~ Molly

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Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Stability, not fear and terror. Peace, not chaos. Love, not hate. Convergence, not segregation. Tolerance, not discrimination. Fairness, not hypocrisy. Substance, not superficiality. Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not secrecy. Justice, not lawlessness. Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction. Truth, not lies.
 

― Suzy Kassem,  

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem