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Mar 11As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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 were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.
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.
- Marianne Williamson (often attributed to Nelson Mandela)
March 6th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
That’s funny . . . I’ve seen this before (the first time was at Miami, actually), but I don’t recall that powerful last sentence. Leaves me wondering: was it there all along?
April 27th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
[...] When I try to figure out why I am such a rule-breaker, the philosophy that comes to mind is that I want to live in freedom rather than fear. [...]