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| Marianne Williamson |
Someone used this quote in a speech I heard today and I loved it!
"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 God. Your playing small does not 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 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're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." (A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles", Harper Collins, 1992. From Chapter 7, Section 3)
Nelson Mandela I believe. Oh wait his talk writers anyway :P
ReplyDeleteThe only problem I have with this currently is like "sure you can be great, very great, but you might have to neglect your family or your ward in order to get there. Then where are you?" (sometimes being great isn't all it's cracked up to be)
Apparently miss-attributed to Mandela, according to Wikipedia. Let's talk sometime about how to be great WITH our families, cause without them there aint no greatness!
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