make
manifest
"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 frightens us most.
We ask ourselves,
'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented, and famous?'
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 people
won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us;
it's in all of us.
And when 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.”
that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are
powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness,
that frightens us most.
We ask ourselves,
'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented, and famous?'
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 people
won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us;
it's in all of us.
And when 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.”
(Used
by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural speech)
-
Maryanne Williamson
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