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, 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

enlightening about shrinking so that

other people won´t feel unsure 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 is in everyone.

As we let our own light shine,

we consciously give other people

permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,

our presence automatically liberates others.

 

 

 

 

 

Nelson Mandela used this

quotation in his famous

inaugrual speech as the

president of South Africa

in 1994.

However,

it was written by

Marianne Williamson

taken from her book

"Return to Love"