AUTHOR’S NOTE:
“Our worst 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 not to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented & famous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God; your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone & as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
~ Nelson Mandela.
Who are we, indeed, not to achieve greatness?
The swearing in...
Choose Hope over Fear...
Bill & Hillary Clinton sitting alongside George Bush Senior...
Aretha Franklin sings "My Country 'Tis of Thee"...
Earlier in the morning, the Bushes greet the Obamas on the North Portico of the White House...
Obama & his wife Michelle bid farewell to Reverend Luis Leon outside St. John's Episcopal Church...
Magic Johnson, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, California Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger & Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson stand on the inaugural stage...
The End of An Era...
