I got an email from a friend this morning. He’s a really
good man, a guy who knows himself and the work he has yet to do *on* himself.
He leads by example, serves others, and is working every day to be his best and
make the world a better place.
Years ago he told me a powerful quote from Marianne Williamson:
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 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 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.
Here it is as a reminder for all of us.
