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 that other people
won't feel insecure around you.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within
us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own
light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically
liberates others.
Nelson Mandela (from his inaugural presidential speech)
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