Into the Silence

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, beautiful, talented and wonderful?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to 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 uncnsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are limited from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

--Nelson Mandela