
"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, and 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 are all meant to shine, as children do. We are 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 are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
The above speech by Nelson Mandela was orignally written by Marianne Williamson who is the author of other similar material.
Ok. I thought Nelson Mandela himself wrote it but anyway I like it.
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When I heard Nelson Mandela say this...
It felt like he spoke to me. :) Why try to be smaller than you are...
Shine On!
I'll bet you do!
I am not famous...
But I sure do shine sometimes but mostly in the dark when no one is around to see it.
Harmonic Convergence
Matters not who wrote it; that it could be attributed to both or either is remarkable.
Thanks for sharing.
brilliant!
You go girl shine like the star you are. I knew you would make it big someday! send me an autograph before you get too famous!