Our Deepest Fear
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 make 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 light shine
We unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same
As we’re liberated from our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others.
Marianne Williamson
A Return to Love |
