Reinvention

I need it.

Today, I wanted to update my status to "I just wanna be closer to my passions and keep my thirst for learning alive."

But then I thought about how presumptuous was I. And I thought about the people who might think... psh you? Or the people that might have hard feelings about it (I don't know who, that's just what I was feeling.)
And I thought about... "what? I'm not allowed to dream?"

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, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not 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 others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Remember this quote? I'm sure most people have read it or heard it at some point in life. It was cited in Coach Carter (2005) and Invictus (2009) and people mention this quote everywhere.

Why do I have to be afraid to dream... to want to be better.. to strive for more? What does it mean... to want to be someone or something that you know will make a difference in the world?