Three Fiddy

I just remembered it had been about a year since I first did a property tax refund, and what a good deal that is. I mean, I’m paying exorbitant property taxes, I might as well get something back, right? I just sent in my 2009 property tax form and shortly I shall be receiving approximately $350!!! Amazing. Seriously so exciting. It’s like free money. (I mean, I know it’s not, but still.)

All this reminds me of the theme song from my last trip to NYC to visit Lacey. (Not entirely appropriate, but man, it’s catchy.)

Enlightened

I just saw this quote on my friend’s facebook and I fell in love with it. (Thanks Chelsea.)

“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 you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are 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 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.”
– Marianne Williamson