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Originally posted by REIKI
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,
Our deep 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 does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to be the same.
As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others.


-Nelson Mandela
Inaugural Speech
South Africa, 1994

This is my favorite quote too. It actually came from a book called "A Return to Love" by Marianne Williamson.