December 2008 - Our Greatest Fear

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What is your greatest fear? Is there a part of you that is screaming to be powerful, fabulous and brilliant, yet something is holding you back? I hope you enjoy reading this inspiring piece. Print it out and hang it on your refrigerator, your bathroom mirror or at work.

Our Greatest 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 and fabulous?"
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small
doesn't 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 God that is within 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 are liberated from our own fears,
our presence automatically liberates others.”

1994 Inaugural Speech
Nelson Mandela

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