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With deep sadness we say
goodbye to Mr. Jimmy Rivers, who suffered a fatal heart attack on Monday,
May 9, 2005. We have lost an extraordinary teacher, counselor, friend,
and colleague who encouraged children to let their light shine!
“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’s nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.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.”
—Nelson Mandela, 1994
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