My deepest fear

“[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, talented, fabulous? Actually, who [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 children do. [I was] born to make manifest the glory of God that is within [me]. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as [I] let [my] own light shine, [I] unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As [I am] liberated from [my] own fear, [my] presence automatically liberates others.”

My adaptation of a quote by Marianne Williamson (see reference below).

So what’s your greatest fear?

Williamson, Marianne. A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”.
Harper Paperbacks, 1996, pp190-191.