A Return to Love: Reflections on the
Principles of "A Course in Miracles", Ch.
7, Section 3 (1992)
By Marianne Williamson
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, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You
are a child of God. Your playing small does not 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.
It's not just in some of us; it's in
everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others.