I Am On A Mission To Feel Lighter And Shine Brighter! How About You?

by Jackie Warner

Career Development Facilitator

“Impact, Engage, Grow” Community Matters

As I thought about our topic for this month, I remembered clips of video footage from a very famous actress that struck me so, and it was as if I was being handed a bag of gold full of strength to cover my heart and my soul.

Letitia Wright is humble, full of purpose, and overflowing with gratitude.

I’ll share with you some very profound statements she made recently:

“Worrying will kill you, man,” she says, with a slow shake of her head. “It will… Eat. You. Up. But in the Bible, Jesus is basically like, ‘Chill out, guys.’ If you gracefully trust that everything is going to be okay, you start to feel lighter. You’ve just got to let go and let God.”

“For me, anything I attach myself to needs to have a purpose. And if it feels like a red light in any way, I don’t do it.”

"I want to encourage young people. You don't have to be young, you can be any age, but I want to encourage you – anyone going through a hard time… God made you and you're important," the actress declared. "There might be some of you here who might be going through a hard time. I just want to encourage you, and God loves you. Just let your light shine."

“I knew something about my life was meant to be meaningful, that I’ve got something to do here,” she says. “I don’t know how I knew, but I was sure I’d make an impact.”

“Where I go, where He takes me, that's where I need to spread the love of God. Because people's souls are dying. My soul was dying. And He saved me.”

- Letitia Wright