My Deepest Fear…

My deepest fear is not that I am inadequate.

My deepest fear is that I am powerful beyond measure. It is my light, not my darkness that most frightens me.

I ask myself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?

Actually, who am I not to be? I am a child of God. My playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around me. I am meant to shine, as children do. I was born to make manifest the glory of God that is within me. It’s not just in me; it’s in everyone.

And as I let my own light shine, I unconsciusly give other people permission to do the same. As I am liberated from my own fear, my presence automatically liberates others.

~Marianne Williamson.