akeelah and me

"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 is not just in some of us; it is 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.” – by Marianne Williamson

this is a quote from the film akeelah and the bee. laurence fishburne co-stars in it, when he reads this quote he sounds like the voice of a rabbi. his character plays that of a teacher, i can't help but to hear the voice of morpheus from the matrix films (which i love). we checked this movie out from the public library so i am sure many of you have already seen it. if not go to your local library and check it out for yourself.


ps. when i was in elementary school i also entered the spelling bee. needless to say i did not win. i didn't even come close. somehow along the way i forgot how to spell. i mean really spell, like the way the doctor teaches akeelah in the movie. i wish i could learn again, because i love words. a little secret is that my wife edits all my posts so that i don't sound like a third grader. one day i will grow up and learn how to spell big words like entrepreuner or something like that.

pss. therefore i really suck at scrabble.