DARE TO BE

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 FRIGHTTENS

US.WE ASK OURSELVES, WHO AM I TO BE BRILLIANT, GEORGIOUS

AND 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 WILL NOT FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU.

WE WERE BORN TO MAKE MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD THAT IS

WITHIN US.IT IS NOT JUST SOME OF US, IT IS EVERYONE.AND AS

WE LET OUR OWN LIGHT SHINE, WE UNCONSCIOUSLY GIVE

PEOPLE PERMISSION TO DO THE SAME, AS WE ARE LIBERATED  

FROM OUR OWN FEAR, OUR PRESENSE AUTOMATICALLY

LIBERATES OTHERS.

NELSON MANDELA, INAUGUARAL SPEECH, 1994