Friday, 19 April 2013

Exchanging inspiration

It has been a enjoyable and enriching experience to be able to share my thoughts, knowledge, experiences, and perceptions with La Trobe University nursing students. They were very motivated, and engaged with the clinical placement and responsive to feedback, discussions and professional guidance.

Above a photograph of our future Graduates, at our farewell dinner.
Below, are some inspirational resources I shared with my students (quote/image from Top Cats Exhibition, Melbourne 2013; video link to TED talk by Steve Jobs; and poem, Our deepest fear by Marianne Williamson.


Steve Jobs. How to live before you die.

Our deepest fear...

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 does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to 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 are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

An excerpt from A Return To Love:
Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

Harper Collins, 1992, (from Chapter 7, Section 3)
by Marianne Williamson.



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