The Words of Mandela

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 and fabulous?

Actually,
who are we 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 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 lightshine,
we unconciously give other people
the permission to do the same.
As we liberate ourselves from our own fears,
our presence automatically liberates others.