Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

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 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 were 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're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Blessings of Love and Light,

Lori Prokop  

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down?”

Oprah Winfrey

Blessings of Love and Light,

Lori Prokop  

“What is my life purpose?” She asked God

Came the reply, “Build a better world.”

“A better world? How can I? It is just me and the world is so big and complicated. How can I build a better world when I am so small and just one? What can I do?” She countered.

God replied, “Simply Build a Better You”

Blessings of Love and Light,

Lori Prokop  

When F. W. Woolworth was a young store clerk, he tried to convince his boss to have a ten-cent sale to reduce inventory.

The boss agreed, and the idea was a resounding success. This inspired Woolworth to open his own store and price items at a nickel and a dime. He needed capital for such a venture, so he asked his boss to supply the capital for part interest in the store.

His boss turned him down flat. "The idea is too risky," he told Woolworth. "There are not enough items to sell for five and ten cents."

Woolworth went ahead without his boss's backing, and he not only was successful in his first store, but eventually he owned a chain of F. W. Woolworth stores across the nation.

Later, his former boss was heard to remark, "As far as I can figure out, every word I used to turn Woolworth down cost me about a million dollars."

Blessings of Love and Light,

Lori Prokop  

Two angels were traveling and, weary from foot travel, stopped at the home of a family who had found good fortune. The angels clothes were worn and their appearances were unkempt.

The family looked at the outer appearances of the angels, judged them harshly and refused the angels a guest room. Instead, the family gave the angels access to a cold, old basement in an abandoned building on their property.

As they prepared their beds from the garbage on the basement floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.

When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

At the end of another day’s travels, the angels came to the home of a poor farm family. After sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where the angels could have a good night’s sleep.

When the sun came up in the morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears.

Here is a great story being passed online from friend to friend. It shows how important your life truly is and how what may appear the smallest service to others can make the biggest difference in someone else’s life.

The Cabbie

Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. It was a cowboy's life, a life for someone who wanted no boss. What I didn't realize was that it was also a ministry.

Because I drove the night shift, my cab became a moving confessional. Passengers climbed in, sat behind me in total anonymity, and told me about their lives. I encountered people whose lives amazed me, ennobled me, made me laugh and weep.

But none touched me more than a woman I picked up late one August night. I was responding to a call from a small brick fourplex in a quiet part of town. I assumed I was being sent to pick up some partiers, or someone who had just had a fight with a lover, or a worker heading to an early shift at some factory for the industrial part of town.