"It is our light ... that most frightens us"

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Our biggest fear is not that we are inadequate

Ourdeepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure

 

It is ourlight, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

 

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

 

Actually,who are you not to be?

You are a child of God

Your playing small doesn't serve the world

 

There'snothing 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 consciously give other people to do the same

 

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others

 

1994 Inaugural Speech of Nelson Mandela