Light

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. 

Our deepest fear is that we are

powered 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 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 manifest the glory of God

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