Food for Thought

I usually have the same routines on Saturday mornings. I wake up, lay in bed for a while, go downstairs for a bowl of cereal, sit at the counter for some time while I ponder random thoughts, and then I finally snap out of it and brush my teeth. This Saturday, however, I walked downstairs into the kitchen to find a piece of paper laying in front of my chair:

Thought for Today & Everyday :) 

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 and fabulous. 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 are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. Author-Marianne Williamson

Here is the craziest part...NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT GOT THERE! It just randomly appeared!!

I'm totally kidding. This is what actually happened.

"Hey, did you like my thought for today?"

"Yeah dad! It was nice. Did you copy and paste that from a website?"

His head whipped toward me faster than I could say whiplash. Slightly offended, he said,

"No...It's from the book I'm reading. I typed it up myself!"

Now my sister shows up.

"What!? Dad are you serious? You came up with this yourself!?!?!?"

"No, no, no. It's from my book; Rediscovering Catholicism. Trust me, you'll know when I start coming up with my own one liners."

 Even though this passage was an entire paragraph, not one line, I knew he was right. If my dad thought of something this brilliant, he wouldn't just leave it on the kitchen counter!

"I even emailed it to John Michael's account at St. Thomas. Do you think he'll like it?"

The three of us sat in silence for a few seconds. Then we laughed.

Well, I thought I'd just give everyone a snap shot of the things that happen in the Coon household--and maybe some food for thought!! (Or as my dad would say, a thought for today and everyday :) ).