Our Deepest Fear

Our Deepest Fear
by Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that weare 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 does not serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking sothat 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 ineveryone.

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.