Playing it small

"Your playing small does not serve the world.  We are all meant to shine.  We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us." Marianne Williamson

Sunday I went to see the Bolshoi Ballet's production of Sleeping Beauty.  For the first time ever an American was a lead dancer, and the review I read said he and the prima ballerina danced elegantly.  David Hallberg chose not to play small.  From perhaps unlikely beginnings, he danced with one of the most famous ballerinas in the world.  Good for him.  Prima Ballerina Svetlana Zakharova was exquisite.  She has not chosen to play it small.  Perhaps it is harder to see in our own lives if we have played it small.  Most of us are not world renowned or among the world's most successful.  But that is not the point.  Have we shone in our own lives?  Have we played it big in the small worlds in which we live?   A question to consider.