Saturday, February 16, 2008

Our Deepest Fear...

Butterfly in Sri Lanka

This is my 365th post! Wooo hoo! It only took me almost 3 years to do it!

And so I share with you a quotation from one of my favourite authors Marianne Williamson, from her wonderful book A Return to Love.

"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 is 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 are
liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates
others.”

2 comments:

Alison said...

What a beautiful quote!

Lynda said...

I love this.. if you go waaaayyyy back on my blog you will find it there too. Great minds think alike.