Inspiration 

Let Your Light Shine

 

"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 doesn’t serve the world.
There’s 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 manifest the glory of God 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 the permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,

our presence automatically liberates others”

 

 

Written by Marianne Williamson in “A Return to Love”
Spoken by Nelson Mandela at his inaugural speech