Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate <br />Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond <br />Measure. <br /> <br />It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us <br />We ask ourselves <br />Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and <br />Fabulous? <br />Actually, who are you not to be? <br />You are a child of God <br />You’re playing small does not serve the world. <br /> <br />There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other, <br />People won’t feel insecure around you. <br />We are born to manifest the glory of God <br />That is within us <br />It is not in some of us, it is in Everyone. <br /> <br />And as we let our own light shine, <br />We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. <br /> <br />As we are liberated from our own fear, <br />Our presences automatically liberate other. <br /> <br />By: Marianne Williamsons<br /><br />xolisa stuurman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/our-deepest-fears/