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 Dark, 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 born to manifest the glory of God that is

within us.

It is not in just some of us.  It is in everyone.

As we let our own light shine,

We unconsciously give other people permission

to do the same.  As we are liberated from our own

fears,

Our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela

1994 Inaugural Speech