29
June
2006
June
2006
“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 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
[...] If you’re in a thoughtful mood, also check out a Our Deepest Fear by Ms. Naughty, where she quotes Marianne Williamson. Not to steal her thunder, but here’s how it starts off: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. [...]