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 around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God
that is in us.
It's not just within some of us, it's in everyone.
When we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give
to other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
(Excerpted from Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech, 1994)
(written by Marianne Williamson)
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