Let your light shine
“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.”
by Marianne Williamson
from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
This has been one of the most important quotes in my life, and for ten years I have been mistakenly attributing it to Nelson Mandela, who said it in his 1994 Inaugural Address. Today I found out that it's originally by a Course in Miracles thinker.
I didn't come to the Course until, what?, three years ago? maybe four?
Whoa.
by Marianne Williamson
from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
This has been one of the most important quotes in my life, and for ten years I have been mistakenly attributing it to Nelson Mandela, who said it in his 1994 Inaugural Address. Today I found out that it's originally by a Course in Miracles thinker.
I didn't come to the Course until, what?, three years ago? maybe four?
Whoa.