"Our Deepest Fear" by Marianne Williamson

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, 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

So that 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 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