inkedgirl

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 doesn't serve the world. There's 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 all. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

-Nelson Mandela

This is a quote I found a long time ago that I really loved. I saw it on a website I frequent today. It seems all the instances of 'God' in it were replaced by the word 'Universe'. That's not what the original speech said and since it's one of my favorites I changed in back.