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 famous?  Actually, who are we 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?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,
						Note: I have incorrectly attributed this text to Nelson Mandela.  In fact, I have learned that he never wrote or spoke it.  It was authored by Marianne Williamson.  Please accept my apologies for any confusion this has caused. Sincerely, Max Herman  12/25/2003
our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela
1994 Inaugural Speech