“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. 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 doesn’t
serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other 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 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.”