Aug 16, 2006 01:20
OUR DEEPEST FEAR
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's in everyone
And as we let our 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
poetry,
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