Our worst 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 and fabulous?"
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God; your playing small doesn't
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
within us. It is not just in some of us, it is 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.
-A Course in Miracles