Inspiration

I like this text that invites you to let your inner light shine.

Our deepest fear

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?
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 others 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’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 fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Text by Marianne Williamson read by Nelson Mandela during his presidential inauguration speech in 1994