Word.

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?

Actually, who are you NOT to be?

Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you.

We are born to manifest the glory of the spirit that is within us, and as we let our own light shine,

we actually unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

- Nelson Mandela, 1994