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 is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so others won't feel insecure around you.
we were born to make manifest the glory of god that is within us.
it is not just in some of us;
it's in EVERYONE.
and as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give others permission to do the same.
as we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others
nelson mandela
