bluerain

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
make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us;
it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we consciously give other
people permission to do the same.

Nelson Mandela 1994 Inaugural Speech