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 enlightened
about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children
do. 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 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 own fear, our presence
automatically liberates others.
--Marianne
Williamson
Image source:
Edgar Degas, L’Etoile / The Star (1878),
http://www.edgar-degas.net/the-star.jsp
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