23 October 2006

What is your greatest fear?

Hi y'all,

Thought I would share this since it came across my mind and it was twice quoted in Hollywood. (Coach Carter and Akeelah and The Bee)

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 is not just in some of us; it is 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: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles", 1992
(commonly misattributed to Nelson Mandela, 1994 inauguration speech)

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