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 ENLIGHTED 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 IS NOT JUST IN SOME OF US;

IT IS IN EVERYONE.

AS WE LET OUR OWN LIGHT SHINE,

WE GIVE OTHER PEOPLE PERMISSION

TO DO THE SAME;

AS WE ARE LIBERATED FROM OUR OWN FEAR,

OUR PRESENCE AUTOMATICALLY

LIBERATES OTHERS.