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 frightens
us.


We ask ourselves,


Who am I to be brlliant, 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 are born to make manifest the glory of God that
is within us;


It’s not just in some of us;


It’s in everyone.


As we let our light shine,


We give other people permission to do the same;


As we’re liberated from our own fear,


Our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela


1994 Inaugural Speech