OUR

WORST

FEAR IS

NOT THAT

WE ARE IN-

ADEQUATE. i

OUR DEEPEST

FEAR IS THAT WE

i  ARE POWERFUL

BEYOND MEASURE.

IT IS OUR LIGHT, NOT

OUR DARKNESS THAT

FRIGHTENS US. i WE ASK

OURSELF: WHO AM I

TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS,

TALENTED OR FABULOUS.

WELL, ACTUALLY, WHO ARE

YOU NOT TO BE. i YOU

ARE A CHILD OF GOD.  i  YOUR

i  PLAYING SMALL DOES NOT SERVE

THE WORLD.  i  THERE IS NOTHING

ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING

SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE WONT

FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU. i WE

WERE BORN TO MAKE MANIFEST

THE GLORY OF GOD WITHIN US -

IT IS IN EVERYONE. i AND AS WE

LET OUR LIGHT SHINE WE UNCONSCIOUSLY

GIVE OTHERS PERMISSION TO DO

THE SAME. i AS WE LIBERATE OUR OWN

FEAR, OUR

PRESENCE

AUTOMATICALLY

LIBERATES

OTHERS.

 

NELSON MANDELA

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