After boarding my flight yesterday, I lifted my carry-on luggage (which probably should have been checked in due to its size and weight) into the overhead compartment. The guy standing next to me stared at me in awe with his mouth open and said, "I was going to help you, but I didn't know that someone so small could lift something so big." I told him that looks can be deceiving (even though there was a lot more I wanted to say about his assumptions about me as a petite woman). Anyway, I share this story because despite our size, shape, background, color, sexual orientation, or anything else, we should not underestimate our own or anyone else's physical, mental, or spiritual power. We are powerful beyond measure, but I think we box others in with our assumptions and/or box ourselves in and shrink back from shining our brightest. My call to all my brothers and sisters is to shine on!
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