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<\/p>\naasthaD, aditiV, aishwariyaG, aishwaryaM, Alan.fly, alfieD, alpaD, andreaN, aneriT, ankitaT, annabelleF, anushkaM, arshiaKa, arushiCK, asmitaK,<\/p>\n
boscoR, brancaT,<\/p>\n
carls, cherylD, clerisaV, corinneR,<\/p>\n
debashreeD, darshiS, deepaSom, dimpleKh,<\/p>\n
fleurelD, glendaN,<\/p>\n
helenaF, hetviD, insiaL, ivoraP, janineC, janiceB, jasmine, jennyP, jessicaA,\u00a0 joeySP, jyotsnaM,<\/p>\n
kaneenicaN,\u00a0karenF, karinD, kavyaR, kunaliS,<\/p>\n
lexleyP, manishaB, marisaM, maseeraS, melanieC, mikeV, miloniS, milredS,<\/p>\n
nancyN, nandaS, nanditaM, neishaF, nithyaT, niveditaV, noelSh, oleenM,<\/p>\n
pearlDM, pearlDS2, petalG, poojaK, prernaM, priyaR, priyankaSS, putliP,<\/p>\n
rachitaD, rakhshandaK, rasikaV, roannaB, rochanaK, rochelleP, roshnaT, ruchaT, ruchikaB,<\/p>\n
safaP, salimS, saradaB, savioCar, shailaA, shaziyaK, shivangiP, shonaliS, shreyaT, shrutiW, siddharthK, siddhiA, sohiniM, soniaMenon, sudhaP, sumedhaK, swethaA,\u00a0tuputC,<\/p>\n
vaishaliJ, varadaS, valerieR, wesleyJ,<\/p>\n
yashuU, yvetteG,<\/p>\n
My dear<\/p>\n
Thought for the days ahead:<\/p>\n
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Photo\/quote: terryq<\/p>\n
Under the glass of my table-top in the counselling centre is this quote that I ask students and others who are high on inferiority complex and low on self-esteem to read.<\/p>\n
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.<\/strong><\/p>\n Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure!<\/strong><\/p>\n It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.<\/strong><\/p>\n We may ask ourselves: <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWho am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Actually, who are you not to be?<\/strong><\/p>\n You are a child of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n Your playing small does not serve the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n There is nothing enlightened about shrinking<\/strong><\/p>\n so that other people won\u2019t feel insecure about you.<\/strong><\/p>\n We are born to make manifest<\/strong><\/p>\n the glory of God that is within us.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n And as we let our light shine, <\/strong><\/p>\n we unconsciously give other people<\/strong><\/p>\n permission to do the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n As we are liberated from our own fear,<\/strong><\/p>\n our presence automatically liberates others.<\/strong><\/p>\n Nelson Mandela<\/p>\n Inaugural speech, 1994<\/p>\n Once they have read it there is an acknowledging nod as if a way is seen about how the low self-esteem could be dealt with. More encouragement from me and they move on. I do not know how successful they are in dealing with their particular difficulty but I send with them a hope and a prayer that they will grow in confidence and soon become the beautiful people they are capable of becoming.<\/p>\n For many years of my life, I myself went through feelings of inadequacy and not being able to measure up to expectations \u2013 my own or those of others. I remember a very good Jesuit superior telling me to take off the sun-glasses through which I used to look at myself. And many who told me that I had a lot of potential and was not using much of it.<\/p>\n But all that is history.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t Nelson Mandela\u2019s quote that liberated me. I do not remember what did, but just now I am confident and quite a show-off about the many talents and qualities I have.<\/p>\n And because I myself have been there, I am committed to help others become confident, develop, and show off the richness and talents that they themselves have.<\/p>\n Good work to be doing and I am glad that I do it. There I go… showing off again!<\/p>\n Weather-wise it is hot hot hot.. and it is not the right season to be waiting for the rains to cool things off.<\/p>\n Stay well, and take care… and be cool!<\/p>\n Love, Terry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" aasthaD, aditiV, aishwariyaG, aishwaryaM, Alan.fly, alfieD, alpaD, andreaN, aneriT, ankitaT, annabelleF, anushkaM, arshiaKa, arushiCK, asmitaK, boscoR, brancaT, carls, cherylD, clerisaV, corinneR, debashreeD, darshiS, deepaSom, dimpleKh, fleurelD, glendaN, helenaF, hetviD, insiaL, ivoraP, janineC, janiceB, jasmine, jennyP, jessicaA,\u00a0 joeySP, jyotsnaM, kaneenicaN,\u00a0karenF, karinD, kavyaR, kunaliS, lexleyP, manishaB, marisaM, maseeraS, melanieC, mikeV, miloniS, milredS, nancyN, nandaS, nanditaM, neishaF, nithyaT, … <\/p>\n