9 October 2010

Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful!

It's been a while since I last blogged. Time seems to go by so fast. I found this quote whilst going through some paperwork. I'm not sure where I got the piece of paper it is on, but I do think it is so powerful and true. Read and meditate on what this is saying.

"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 doesn't 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 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, inaugural president speech 1994)

These are powerful words. Imagine what we could do with and for God if we truly believed them!

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