A poem made famous by Nelson
Mandela
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 does not serve the
world.
There
is 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
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.
This
poem is from the book the Course of Miracles written by Marianne Williamson.
