“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? 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 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.”
I first heard this quote in the movie Akeelah and the Bee. I was thinking about it tonight while thinking about school and my fear about going back to OSU. I looked it up and found it was not Nelson Mandela that said it (which is to whom the movie attributes it) but Marianne Williamson, an inspirational author. Regardless, I still love the quote. And for the record, I’m taking out two God references to suit it to my own beliefs.. just in case people come upon this page in the future, it’s not copied word for word.
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