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’s nothing enlightened about you shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.We were 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, A Return to Love
1 comments:
very nicely put.
I had heard this quote or something like this (I do not remember the exact words though!) in a movie called "Akeelah and Spelling Bee", and i couldnt stop thinking about it afterwards.
It is so true.
I love how she puts it: "...We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?”Actually, who are you not to be?"..
you are the best
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