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, fabulous?
Actually, who are you, NOT to be?
You are a child of G-d, 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 make manifest the glory of G-d
that is within us.
It is not just in some of us,
it is in everyone.
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.

Marianne Williamson
From A Return to Love