Quotes from a Cubicle

From high atop the 42nd floor, I am filling in for another actor. These quotes in no way reflect the views or positions of this blogger. However, they were stolen honestly from the non-private walls of a cube. There are more quotes, but I'd rather not relay what the Goddess has to say.

But these are semi-worthy or worthy for you and me.

"He that respects himself is safe from others." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." -Saint Francis

"Whenever you see darkness / there is extraordinary opportunity / for the light to burn / brighter." -Bono

The Actor's Vow

I will take my rightful place on the stage and I will be
myself.

I am not a cosmic orphan.

I have no reason to be timid.

I will respond as I feel; awkwardly, vulgarly, But respond.

I will have my throat open.

I will have my heart open.

I will be vulnerable.

I may have anything or everything the world has to offer, but the thing I need most, and want most, is to be myself.

I will admit rejection, admit pain, admit frustration, admit even pettiness, admit shame, admit outrage, admit anything and everything that happens to me.

The best and most human parts of me are those I have inhabited and hidden from the world.

I will work on it.

I will raise my voice.

I will be heard. -Elia Kazan

Our Deepest Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. Is 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? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that others won't feel insecure around you. We are meant to shine, as children do. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us ; it's in everyone. As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other s permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. -Marianne Williamson, 1992

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and
those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

That's enough for today. Must leave!