"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 is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory 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 are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-- Nelson Mandela
Friday, October 22, 2004
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I must tell you, that once you buy into this quote, it is very hard to live up to.
At its root, this quote is encouraging us to be ourselves as fully as possible. Of course that's hard, or it wouldn't need saying. Anything that inspires us to let go of fear and act boldly, or to develop our potential, inherently is pushing us to act in a way other than what is easiest. All we can do is try . . .
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