Our Deepest Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, 
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful behind 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 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 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 
- Nelson Mandela