I love this

[theatokos]

"...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 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 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 unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

From 'A Return To Love' (1992) by Marianne Williamson

Comments

[cambozola.livejournal.com]

I love that quote too... good ole Nelson!

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Nelson? Mandela? I had heard that this was in a poem at his birthday, but when I tried to track this down I could find no connection.

[cambozola.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I always thought it was a quote of his... put a few lines of it into google and it comes up with his name all over the place... :-S