I have loved this thought since I first read it. It has been attributed to Nelson Mandela but I understand that is not the original source. Marianne Williamson is the author.
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,
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.
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 are born to make manifest
We are born to make 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,
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.
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