My deepest fear is not that I am inadequate.
My deepest fear is that I am powerful beyond measure.
It is my light, not my darkness, that most frightens me.
I ask myself, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?
Actually, why am I not to be?
I am a child of God.
My playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around me.
I am meant to shine, as I always was there to.
I was born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.
And, as I let my own light shine, I consciously give other people permission to do the same.
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